Dd. Cahoon et al., A COMPARISON OF THE OPINIONS OF BLACK-AND-WHITE MALES AND FEMALES CONCERNING THE OCCURRENCE OF RAPE, Journal of social behavior and personality, 10(1), 1995, pp. 91-100
The present study is presented as a replication of Cahoon and Edmonds
(1992) with an exploratory extension to race of subject (Black x White
) as an additional variable. Consistent with earlier research, White f
emales were more likely than other subjects to view coercion in marria
ge as rape, were more likely to indicate that a male might use the thr
eat of physical violence to compel sexual intercourse, and more likely
to indicate that a male would use force in order to compel sexual int
ercourse with his wife. White females also tended to agree that a man
might rape a woman unconscious from alcohol intoxication. In general,
Black males and females expressed stronger negative opinions concernin
g sexual behavior than White males and females, with this negativity b
eing most pronounced with Black males. Results are discussed with resp
ect to cultural variability and the need for further research.