Titel
Sexual Harassment in Politics. News about Victims’ Delayed Sexual Harassment Accusations and Effects on Victim Blaming: A Mediation Model
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Abstract
The #MeToo movement has restarted an extensive and worldwide debate about sexual harassment especially directed against women. When women publicly accuse an alleged perpetrator they often do so with a strong delay and frequently come forward with allegations years after a harassment occurred. Yet, we lack research on how news about delayed sexual harassment accusations affect victim blaming. Drawing from construal level theory and attribution theory, we experimentally tested how participants react to news about a victim’s delayed accusation (harassment occurred years ago), non-delayed accusation (harassment occurred days ago), or accusations with no time cue. Findings showed that delayed accusations resulted in the attribution of negative motives toward the victim. Negative motives, in turn, increased victim blaming.
Stichwort
Communication
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
Persistent identifier
Erschienen in
Titel
Mass Communication and Society
Band
24
Ausgabe
2
ISSN
1520-5436
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Seitenanfang
259
Seitenende
287
Publication
Informa UK Limited
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Zugänglichkeit
Rechteangabe
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