Fraternity Membership, the Display of Degrading Sexual Images of Women, and Rape Myth Acceptance

By E. Bleecker, Sarah K. Murnen. 2005

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Pornography Viewing among Fraternity Men: Effects on Bystander Intervention, Rape Myth Acceptance and Behavioral Intent to Commit Sexual Assault (2011, background): “Fraternity men have also been found to have more pornographic pictures hanging in their rooms than other college men (Bleeker & Murnen, 2005 ).”
Sorority Women’s and Fraternity Men’s Rape Myth Acceptance and Bystander Intervention Attitudes (2013, unknown): “According to multiple studies, fraternity men endorse rape-supportive attitudes at a significantly higher rate than nonfraternity members (Bleecker & Murnen, 2005; Boeringer, 1999).”
Why Is Fraternity Membership Associated With Sexual Assault? Exploring the Roles of Conformity to Masculine Norms, Pressure to Uphold Masculinity, and Objectification of Women (2018, background): “For example, fraternity membership is consistently associated with more accepting attitudes toward sexual violence (Bleecker & Murnen, 2005; Corprew & Mitchell, 2014; McMahon, 2010; Murnen & Kohlman, 2007) and greater perpetration of sexual violence (Boeringer, Shehan, & Akers, 1991; Brown, Sumner,…”
Communicating/Muting Date Rape: A Co-Cultural Theoretical Analysis of Communication Factors Related to Rape Culture on a College Campus (2009, background): “Although rape myths are a social and cultural phenomenon that exists beyond the college campus, research suggests that athletics and fraternal organizations, replete on college campuses, are related to stronger rape-supportive attitudes, based on such myths (Bleecker & Murnen, 2005; Sanday, 2007).”