Intrasexual Competition as a Predictor of Women's Judgments of Revenge Pornography Offending.
Sex Abuse
; 33(3): 295-320, 2021 Apr.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31874590
ABSTRACT
Recent legislative developments have led to a marked increase in the empirical investigation of motivations and judgments of so-called acts of "revenge pornography" offending. In two independently sampled studies, we used moderation analyses to investigate whether higher levels of intrasexual competition predicted more lenient judgments of revenge pornography offenses as a function of sex (Study 1, N = 241), and whether such relationships would be further moderated by physical attractiveness (Study 2, N = 402). Potential covariates of callous-unemotional traits, empathy, and victimization history were controlled for. Opposing our hypotheses, we consistently observed a trend for higher levels of intrasexual competition being associated with more lenient judgments of revenge pornography offenses involving male victims by female participants. The results are discussed in terms of intrasexual competition potentially sharing variance with unobserved constructs in the wider sexological literature, and of the key relevance of these findings for future empirical investigation into judgments of nonconsensual image-based offending.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sex Offenses
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Erotica
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Criminals
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Sex Abuse
Journal subject:
PSIQUIATRIA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Reino Unido