Abstract
This study examined empathy with a hypothetical rape victim based on relationship context of rape (acquaintance; stranger), participant sexual victimization experience by an acquaintance, and gender. Undergraduates (n = 321, 206 female) from a Northeast United States midsize public university completed the Rape Victim Empathy-During Subscale (relationship context of rape experimentally varied), and the Sexual Experiences Survey. Hypotheses were partially supported. Results revealed that those with victimization experience (victimized by acquaintances) reported greater empathy with an acquaintance rape victim than a stranger rape victim, but those without victimization experience did not differ in their empathy levels based on relationship context condition. Furthermore, those with victimization experience reported greater empathy than those without victimization experience in the acquaintance context condition only. Gender differences did not emerge for those without victimization experience, but female v...
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