Palermo, Alisia M., Laleh Dadgardoust, Sara Caro Arroyave, Shannon Vettor, and Leigh Harkins.
Journal of Sexual Aggression (2019): 1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2019.1618506
ABSTRACT
Since a substantial proportion of sexual offenders are not apprehended, researchers have introduced methods to test the propensity to sexually offend among the general public. Proclivity measures assess self-reported sexual interest in lone and multiple perpetrator sexual offending or rape (MPR), and can examine students and community members who indicate a proclivity to sexually offend. This study examines the role of pornography use and rape supportive cognitions to influence proclivity. Anonymous online data was collected from 295 male university students to assess the role of rape supportive cognitions and pornography use in predicting lone and MPR proclivity. Only rape supportive cognitions predicted scores on lone and MPR proclivity measures.
KEYWORDS: Sexual violence, proclivity, multiple perpetrators, rape myth acceptance, pornography
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