LIKELIHOOD TO RAPE IN COLLEGE MALES

This study assessed rape and sexual force proclivities among 159 colle ge men at a small Protestant church-affiliated liberal arts college. N o data were collected regarding ethnicity; however institutional stati stics indicate that the population was about 90% European American. Th ere were 69 freshmen, 31 sophomores, 30 juniors, and 29 seniors (mean age 19.34). Thirty-four percent reported some proclivity to rape or fo rce sex. Participants who reported both proclivities indicated higher rape myth acceptance, offered more justifications for the increasing u se of violence against women, were lower in rape empathy, held more ge nder stereotyped attitudes toward women, and accepted interpersonal vi olence more than those who reported no proclivities. However by contra st, these groups did not differ on general emotional empathy.