ABSTRACT

Objective: Despite growing interest in female sexual offending, academic understanding of community females who display a propensity towards sexual aggression (PSA) is lacking. Method: Across three vignette studies, we recruited three independent samples of community females (N_overall = 555) to assess the prevalence of female PSA towards males. We also examined whether established risk factors associated with male PSA are valid predictors of female PSA. These included ambivalent sexist attitudes, inappropriate sexual interests, non-sexual aggression, impulsivity, male rape myth acceptance, and sexual preoccupation. Results: Across studies, findings showed that between 26.9% and 44.0% of participants did not emphatically reject an interest in adult male-directed PSA. Key predictors of participants’ non-zero endorsement included an interest in violent sexual activities, rape myth acceptance, and sexual preoccupation. Conclusions: Though lower than their male counterparts (see Bohner, G., Reinhard, M. A., Rutz, S., Sturm, S., Kerschbaum, B., & Effler, D. (1998). Rape myths as neutralizing cognitions: Evidence for a causal impact of anti-victim attitudes on men’s self-reported likelihood of raping. European Journal of Social Psychology, 28(2), 257–268), some community females self-report an interest in perpetrating male-directed sexual aggression. We discuss the implications of our findings on harm prevention efforts with females, alongside avenues for future research.

摘要

目标：尽管对女性性侵犯的兴趣越来越大，但缺乏对表现出性侵犯倾向 (PSA) 的社区女性的学术理解。方法：在三个小插图研究中，我们招募了三个独立的社区女性样本（ N_总体 = 555），以评估女性 PSA 对男性的患病率。我们还检查了与男性 PSA 相关的既定风险因素是否是女性 PSA 的有效预测因子。这些包括矛盾的性别歧视态度、不适当的性兴趣、非性侵略、冲动、对男性强奸神话的接受以及对性的关注。结果：在所有研究中，调查结果表明，26.9% 至 44.0% 的参与者并未强烈拒绝对成年男性定向 PSA 的兴趣。参与者非零支持的主要预测因素包括对暴力性活动的兴趣、对强奸神话的接受和对性的关注。结论：虽然低于男性同行（参见 Bohner, G.、Reinhard, MA、Rutz, S.、Sturm, S.、Kerschbaum, B. 和 Effler, D. (1998)。作为中和认知的强奸神话：证据反受害者态度对男性自我报告的强奸可能性的因果影响。欧洲社会心理学杂志，28(2), 257–268), 一些社区女性自我报告有兴趣实施男性主导的性侵犯。我们讨论了我们的发现对女性伤害预防工作的影响，以及未来研究的途径。