<p>According to Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory, Black women and girl survivors face harm from in-group betrayal and (intra)cultural pressure to keep violence within the community. This study sought to expand this theory by questioning if this pressure may also be (inter)cultural: if long held racial stereotypes stemming from White Supremacy, rape myth acceptance, and Patriarchy bias White people’s perceptions of Black women and girl survivors—the group most likely to be in positions of power overseeing rape cases. White young women (<i>N</i> = 371) and men (<i>N</i> = 379) responded to questions about their perceptions of a 2 (victim race: Black female vs. White female) × 2 (perpetrator race: Black male vs. White male) experimental acquaintance rape vignette and reported their pre-existing rape myth acceptance. Participants who self-identified as men also responded to a measure of Masculine Gender Role Stress (MGRS), an operationalization of Patriarchal masculinity. For White young men, rape myth acceptance explained the relationship between MGRS and their decision to attribute blame the victim or perpetrator in the rape scenario. Additionally for White young men, higher MGRS was associated with higher victim blame when both the victim and perpetrator were Black. This moderating effect did not predict lower perpetrator blame. We conclude that in addition to (intra)cultural pressure to remain silent about sexual violence within the Black community, future research could explore how Black women and girl survivors may also face (inter)cultural pressure from White men who feel pressure to meet rigid expectations of masculinity.</p>

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Effect of White Supremacy on White Young People’s Blame Attributions in a Male-Perpetrated Acquaintance Rape Vignette

  • M. Colleen McDaniel,
  • Logan Zelenak,
  • Jennifer M. Gómez

摘要

According to Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory, Black women and girl survivors face harm from in-group betrayal and (intra)cultural pressure to keep violence within the community. This study sought to expand this theory by questioning if this pressure may also be (inter)cultural: if long held racial stereotypes stemming from White Supremacy, rape myth acceptance, and Patriarchy bias White people’s perceptions of Black women and girl survivors—the group most likely to be in positions of power overseeing rape cases. White young women (N = 371) and men (N = 379) responded to questions about their perceptions of a 2 (victim race: Black female vs. White female) × 2 (perpetrator race: Black male vs. White male) experimental acquaintance rape vignette and reported their pre-existing rape myth acceptance. Participants who self-identified as men also responded to a measure of Masculine Gender Role Stress (MGRS), an operationalization of Patriarchal masculinity. For White young men, rape myth acceptance explained the relationship between MGRS and their decision to attribute blame the victim or perpetrator in the rape scenario. Additionally for White young men, higher MGRS was associated with higher victim blame when both the victim and perpetrator were Black. This moderating effect did not predict lower perpetrator blame. We conclude that in addition to (intra)cultural pressure to remain silent about sexual violence within the Black community, future research could explore how Black women and girl survivors may also face (inter)cultural pressure from White men who feel pressure to meet rigid expectations of masculinity.