Creating Attitudinal Change through Teaching: How a Course on "Women and Violence" Changes Students' Attitudes about Violence Against Women

Autor/inn/en	Currier, Danielle M.; Carlson, Jessica H.
Titel	Creating Attitudinal Change through Teaching: How a Course on "Women and Violence" Changes Students' Attitudes about Violence Against Women
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (2009) 10, S.1735-1754 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260509335239
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Rape; Student Attitudes; Attitude Change; Females; Mythology; Gender Issues; Violence; Correlation; Victims of Crime; State Universities; Comparative Analysis; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Schülerverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Mythologie; Geschlechterfrage; Gewalt; Korrelation; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Staatliche Universität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Research on violence against women has consistently revealed that rape-myth acceptance (RMA) is high correlated with rape rates and victim blaming. Other research has shown that education about violence against women is a useful strategy for lessening or stopping various types of violence, particularly rape. Using data gathered at a medium-sized public university in the Northeast, the authors examine changes in rape myth acceptance over the course of a semester among undergraduate students. Comparing students in classes having a greater or lesser emphasis on gender issues (ranging from general sociology to a course specifically addressing violence against women), the authors found significant changes in RMA among students taking a course concentrating on violence against women. The authors conclude that having college courses specifically focused on violence against women can be an effective strategy for changing attitudes about both rape and rape victims. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10