Item #551
Fear of sexual violence affects both women and men (1-5% variance vs. 1-2% variance)
Topic: Violence, SexualSource
Citation: Women's and Men's Fear of Gang Crimes: Sexual and Nonsexual Assault as Perceptually Contemporaneous Offenses, pp. 359-364 Author(s): Lane, Meeker Institution(s): University of Florida, University of California Link: http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Women_s_and_Men_s_Fear_of_Gang_Crimes__Sexual_and_Nonsexual_Assault_as_Perceptually_Contemporaneous_Offenses.pdf Nation(s): United States Year(s): 2003 Source: Primary Type: Statistical AnalysisDiscussion
Other Notes:p. 362 - "We did not find, as other have argued, that fear of rape is unique to women" | p. 366 - "These findings lead us to question prior arguments that fear of rape is uniquely important for women or that it is the key factor that can distinguish the differences in the magnitude of fear between the sexes (see, e.g., Ferraro, 1995, 1996; Warr, 1984, 1985). These data suggest that for both men and women, a generalized fear of personal harm may be the more important predictor, rather than a specific fear of rape." | Compare to partiarchy-theory-based belief that men use sexual violence as a means to oppress women through fear