Hannah Javidi, Alyssa M Lederer, Katherine Johnson
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Abstract
Affirmative consent policies and practices, which require consent to have certain characteristics (e.g., reversible, specific, voluntary), contrast with traditional views of consent. Understanding why college students endorse or reject this model can help foster safer, more respectful campus sexual relationships. Among 316 southern U.S. undergraduates (81% cisgender women, 83.2% White, 71.5% liberal, 65.2% heterosexual), affirmative consent beliefs correlated significantly with gender, sexual identity, and political orientation. Lower apathy toward the issue of sexual misconduct on their college campus, as well as more egalitarian gender role beliefs, predicted higher endorsement of affirmative consent among college students. Interventions should target attitudinal shifts to challenge harmful myths and promote positive beliefs about consent and sexuality.
期刊介绍:
Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.