The current study investigated the relationship between purity culture, rape myth acceptance, and intrinsic religiosity in the Christian population. Specifically, this study explored if purity culture endorsement would be associated with increased rape myth acceptance and increased likelihood of incorrectly labeling rape. It was also examined whether intrinsic religiosity would ameliorate the relationship between purity culture and rape myth acceptance. Ninety-nine Christian men and women participated in this study. Results demonstrated that endorsement of purity culture was related to increased endorsement of rape myths and increased likelihood of labeling marital rape and acquaintance rape as consensual sex. Intrinsic religiosity was also found to be a significant moderator of the relationship between purity culture and rape myth acceptance. Overall, these findings have important implications for how purity culture is taught and understood, and how these teachings relate to the Christian population’s involvement in the cultural dialogue surrounding sexual assault.

当前的研究调查了基督教徒中的纯正文化，强奸神话的接受和内在的宗教信仰之间的关系。具体来说，这项研究探讨了纯文化的认可是否会与提高油菜神话的接受度和增加错误标记油菜的可能性有关。还研究了内在的宗教信仰是否会改善纯净文化与强奸神话的接受之间的关系。九十九名基督徒男女参加了这项研究。结果表明，对纯种文化的认可与对油菜神话的认可和与将婚内油菜和熟人油菜标记为自愿性行为的可能性增加有关。还发现内在的宗教信仰是纯净文化与强奸神话接受之间关系的重要调节剂。