Monday, April 8, 2013


From the article called Likelihood to Rape in College by Julie A. Odland, Marguerite Fitch, and Edmond E. Willis states in did a study in the 1980’s on 150 college men at a small Protestant church-affiliated liberal arts college. The study was done to assess rape and sexual force against men. In the end thirty four percent reported some proclivity to rape or force to sex (171).

                These researchers found that 51% of college men reported a likelihood to Rape (171)..According to the researchers the purpose of this study is to broaden research that is on rape and sexual proclivities by:

(1)    Including the dimension of general emotional empathy, (2) testing college men from a church affiliated liberal arts college rather than a large university, and (3) identifying participants’ perceptions of and justifications for violence in specific situations (173).

The results found that 34% reported to admitting to some proclivity to rape and/or to force sex (179). Those that reported to the proclivity to rape and/or to force sex showed higher acceptance of interpersonal violence, greater belief in the traditional roles of women, and higher rape myth acceptance (180).

The other article I did was called “Risk Factors of Male Sexual Aggression on College Campuses by Joetta L. Carr, and Karen M. VanDeusen. In this this article that talk about risk factors that are associated with male sexual violence on camas and report results of a preliminary survey of the sexual profiles, drinking patterns and child sexual abuse experiences of college men (279)

There have surveys that been done that consistently reported that college men have forced intercourse at a rate of 5-15% and college sexual aggression at a rate of 15-25% (279). Only 8.8% had admitted to rape or attempted rape of men. The risk factors they listed includes male sex-role socialization, alcohol abuse, personality traits, and child abuse and neglect (280).
            Carr, Joetta L., and VanDeusen, Karen M. “Risk Factors for Male Sexual Aggression on College Campuses.”Journal of Family Violence 19. 5 (2004): 279-289. Web. 20 Mar. 2013

Osland, Julie A., Marguerite Fitch, and Edmond E. Willis. "Likelihood to Rape in College Males." Sex Roles 35.3-4 (1996): 171-83. ProQuest. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.
 
-Marissa Stawkey-

2 comments:

  1. In regards to the first article that you talk about, I like that there is some information on this topic available for us. I feel like there is not enough information of male sexual abuse for us and that we mostly here about how the women are being sexually abused. I wonder though from the information you supply us with, does this mean that the men that have committed such a crime have a higher acceptance rate of the same thing happening to them? and if this has happened to them and they are ok with doing it to others, does this increase their level of action in this crime as well? -Justine Samaha

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  2. Marissa this was a really great post. You always had interesting things to say in class, and I like how unique of a topic you chose. I can't remember exactly where it was, but I remember reading in one of my law books that rape and domestic violence committed against men are the most under reported crimes in the United States. I personally feel that this may be because they feel that their masculinity will be threatened if they report these crimes, especially when these crimes are perpetrated by other men. I also think that when men have these crimes committed against them they feel ashamed and weak. Perhaps men that have had these crimes committed against them are likely to try to do these things to someone else because they are angry or they are trying to prove that they can be dominant over someone. Anyway, this was interesting. Thanks for posting. :)

    -Crystal Feska-

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