Seeking help

[bluflamingo]

So, some of you have heard me ramble on about this, I'm sure, but I'm in the dissertation stage of my masters degree. My topic is peer perceptions of date rape victims - basically, I'm looking at how the peer group of victims assign responsibility for the crime.

As part of this, I'm conducting a short online survey, for which I'm looking for participants. It should only take a few minutes to complete.

There are some requirements/exclusions for participants:

- Any gender
- Must be aged between 18 and 30
- Must NOT have been a victim of serious sexual assault, including date rape
- Must NOT have been accused or convicted of serious sexual assault, including date rape.
- You do not have to personally know someone who has been a victim of date rape.

If you'd be willing to take some time and fill out my survey, I'd be really, really grateful. If you'd be willing to send on the link to other people who might be willing to fill it out, I'd be even more grateful.

Peer Perceptions of Date Rape Victims

Comments

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

This is a fascinating study, and one I'd be very interested in seeing the outcome of if you feel the urge to post your findings once you're done with your research.

One question - is there a particular reason you're focusing on heterosexual scenarios? In my experience, people have very different views of rape when it involves same sex partners, or when it's the man in a heterosexual partnership who has been raped. Is it just that the topic would be too big if you covered all angles?

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Is it just that the topic would be too big if you covered all angles?

Essentially, yes - it's a 15,000 word masters dissertation, so it had to be narrowed down. As you say, people have very different views of rape depending on who's involved and who is the victim. Also, heterosexual rape of women by men is what most people seem to think of first when you say date rape, which fits into the peer perceptions thing best.

[miss-zedem.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kind of figured that would be it. Be interesting to see a bigger study of it though. I'm very much in the 'no means no' camp, regardless, which is pretty simplistic, I know. But I've spent a lot of time arguing with people over whether men can be raped by women (duh), whether women can rape other women (also duh), and it just ends with me getting frustrated and wanting to throw things.

Good luck with the dissertation! When's it due in?

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

Be interesting to see a bigger study of it though

Definitely - maybe if I come back to do my PhD!

Good luck with the dissertation! When's it due in?

12th September - eep!