Sexism and Attitude towards Rape Victim among College Students

Abstract

The present paper examines the effect of sexism and attitude toward rape victims among college students. 110 students between the age group of 18-25 from different colleges in India were taken. Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI) was used and the Attitudes toward rape victim scale were used for collecting data. To analyze the obtained data, Pearson’s product-moment correlation and t-test were used in the study. The result of the present study indicates that there is no significant relationship between Sexism and Attitude toward rape victims. The findings show that there is no significant difference between male and female students, with regard to Attitudes toward rape victims and benevolent sexism while it shows that there is a significant difference between male and female students with regard to Hostile sexism. The study provides insight into sexism and Attitude toward rape victims among college students.