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Activity 25.1 Attitudes About Rape
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(with permission of M. R. Burt)

Indicate your degree of agreement or disagreement with each of the following statements




1A woman who goes to the home or apartment of a man on their first date implies that she is willing to have sex.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



2Any female can get raped.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



3One reason that women falsely report rape is that they frequently have a need to call attention to themselves.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



4Any healthy woman can successfully resist a rapist if she really wants to.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



5When women go around braless or wearing short skirts and tight tops, they are just asking for trouble.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



6In the majority of rapes, the victim is promiscuous or has a bad reputation.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



7If a girl engages in necking or petting and she lets things get out of hand, it is her own fault if her partner forces sex on her.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



8Women who get raped while hitchhiking get what they deserve.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



9A woman who is stuck-up and thinks she is too good to talk to guys on the street deserves to be taught a lesson.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



10Many women have an unconscious wish to be raped, and may then unconsciously set up a situation in which they are likely to be attacked.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



11If a woman gets drunk at a party and has intercourse with a man she's just met there, she should be considered "fair game" to other males at the party who want to have sex with her too, whether she wants to or not.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



12Many women who report being raped are lying because they are angry and want to get back at the men they accuse.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree



13Many rapes are invented by women who have discovered they are pregnant and want to protect their own reputation.
A)Strongly agree
B)Moderately agree
C)Slightly agree
D)Slightly disagree
E)Moderately disagree
F)Strongly disagree







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