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Please answer the following demographical questions.

1

How old are you?
A)18 or under
B)19 - 21
C)22 - 29
D)30 or older
2

What is your marital status?
A)single
B)married
C)widow
D)divorced
3

What year are you in school?
A)freshman
B)sophomore
C)junior
D)senior
Handout 17C: Evaluating Beliefs about Rape

Use the following scale to indicate how positively or negatively you feel about the following statements:
  1. strongly approve
  2. approve somewhat
  3. neither approve or disapprove
  4. disapprove somewhat
  5. strongly disapprove


4

An rape is almost always the result of a man's uncontrolled sexual desires.
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove
5

Women should not dress revealingly because it will contribute to the likelihood of her being raped.
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove
6

Watching a lot of pornography makes a man more likely to rape.
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove
7

All men are potential rapists.
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove
8

A woman should be able to drink as much as she wants without having to worry about rape.
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove
9

Even a man who is extremely drunk bears complete responsibility if he forces someone have sex.
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove
10

When a woman says "no" to sex, she is usually just complying with her "social role."
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove
11

Even if a man and woman are naked in bed, she isn't necessarily saying "yes" to sex.
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove
12

A woman who invites a date into her room is probably thinking about having sex.
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove
13

If a man doesn't press to have sex with his date, she will think he is uninterested in her.
A)strongly approve
B)approve somewhat
C)neither approve or disapprove
D)disapprove somewhat
E)strongly disapprove





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