Self-blaming cognitions appear more difficult to resolve, thus leading victims to rely on suppression or other avoidance strategies. In addition, victims experiencing less severe forms of physical force during the assault used more avoidance coping than those victims that did not experience any force ...
Why only now the child is blaming the father of touching her breast during the bath? This has to be carefully analysed because it arises in a context that raises doubt. (J8) Consent and physical resistance There is nothing in Portuguese law that demands rape victims to bodily resist to a ...
(i.e., using worthy ends or moral purposes to excuse pernicious means), diffusion of responsibility (i.e., diluting per- sonal responsibility because other people are also involved), disregarding or distort- ing the negative or harmful consequences of the actions, and blaming the victim (i.e...
Three studies conducted in Japan [39,40,41] found that female respondents were more likely to blame victims, while two studies [42,43] reported no significant gender differences in victim blaming. Second, research conducted in Western contexts indicated that men advocated for harsher punishments ...