There are various causes for sexual assault of women by men. Bohner et al. focus on one source of men’s RP, the support of RMA. The concept of rape myths was first introduced in the 1970s and refers to the ideas that are believed to defend sexual assault of women by men. Typical rape myths often place responsibility on the victim, excuse the perpetrator, and refute or downplay the violence in rape. Correlational studies show a significant relationship between the probability of raping and the acceptance of rape myths. In this research, Bohner et al. test if male rape proclivity impacts their own personal support of rape myths, and if the perceived rape myth acceptance of others also impacts rape proclivity. They did so by conducting two experiments.
