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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Empathy and Experience Matter in Judging Cases of Rape

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Social

  • Josh Woods
    Grand View University

Abstract

Subjects judged the likelihood different news reports about rape were true or false. Participants who reported they personally knew a victim of sexual assault were significantly better at differentiating true from false reports compared to those did not. This group also scored significantly lower for believing myths about rape.

Sexuality/Sexual Behavior