RAPE-SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDES AND SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION EXPERIENCES OF SORORITY AND NONSORORITY WOMEN

This study explored the link between sorority membership and rape-supp ortive attitudes and sexual victimization experiences. Data from a ran dom sample of primarily white college women indicated that there were statistically significant differences between sorority women and nonso rority women on two of four rape-supportive attitudes (the acceptance of rape myths and the acceptance of interpersonal violence). Sorority women were also significantly more likely than nonsorority women to ha ve been forced to have sexual intercourse because a partner either use d physical force or threatened to use physical force. There was no sig nificant difference between sorority women and nonsorority women in vi ctimization through social, or nonviolent, coercion. However, sorority women had a significantly higher rate of nonconsensual intercourse wh ile under the influence of alcohol or drugs.