In Ferrao & Goncalves argues that hostile sexism views women as trying to control; men, therefore having society to believe that women attempts to control men through a seductive behavior (Glick & Fiske, 2001). Which means they provoke the rapist into sexually assaulting them. Pedersen & Stromwall furthers their research by adding a third variable in victim blaming: belief in a just world. In Pedersen & Stromwall theory, it is said that "justice prevails over injustice" (Furnham, 2003), meaning what goes around comes around. Belief in a just world cannot predict victim blaming when it is a stranger rape condition or a date rape condition, however they attribute more blame on young victims, since when people are younger they are more reckless when then when they are older (Hafer & Begue,
In Ferrao & Goncalves argues that hostile sexism views women as trying to control; men, therefore having society to believe that women attempts to control men through a seductive behavior (Glick & Fiske, 2001). Which means they provoke the rapist into sexually assaulting them. Pedersen & Stromwall furthers their research by adding a third variable in victim blaming: belief in a just world. In Pedersen & Stromwall theory, it is said that "justice prevails over injustice" (Furnham, 2003), meaning what goes around comes around. Belief in a just world cannot predict victim blaming when it is a stranger rape condition or a date rape condition, however they attribute more blame on young victims, since when people are younger they are more reckless when then when they are older (Hafer & Begue,