Appendix G:
Rape Myth Acceptance
Table 1. Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale.
Please read each of the following statements and indicate the number that indicates how true each
is of you:
1 = strongly disagree 5 = strongly agree
Subscale: she asked for it
1. If a girl is raped while she is drunk, she is at least somewhat responsible for what happened.
2. When girls go to parties wearing revealing clothes, they are asking for trouble.
3. If a girl goes to a room alone with a guy at a party, it is her own fault if she is raped.
4. If a girl hooks up with a lot of guys, eventually she is going to get into trouble.
Subscale: it wasn’t really rape
11. If a girl doesn’t physically resist sex—even if protesting verbally—it really can’t be considered rape.
12. If a girl doesn’t physically fight back, you can’t really say it was rape.
17. If the accused “rapist” doesn’t have a weapon, you really can’t call it a rape.
19. If a girl doesn’t say “no,” she can’t claim rape.
Subscale: she lied
13. A lot of times, girls who say they were raped agreed to have sex and then regret it.
14. Rape accusations are often used as a way of getting back at guys.
15. Girls who say they were raped often led the guy on and then had regrets.
16. A lot of times, girls who claim they were raped just have emotional problems.
18. Girls who are caught cheating on their boyfriends sometimes claim that it was rape.
Subscale: he didn’t mean to
5. When guys rape, it is usually because of their strong desire for sex.
6. Guys don’t usually intend to force sex on a girl, but sometimes they get too sexually carried away.
7. Rape happens when a guy’s sex drive gets out of control.
Subscale: he didn’t mean to – alcohol
8. If a guy is drunk, he might rape someone unintentionally.
9. If both people are drunk, it can’t be rape.
10. It shouldn’t be considered rape if a guy is drunk and didn’t realize what he was doing.
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Table 2. Frequencies of responses on the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale and its subscales.
5 = strongly 4 = agree 3= neither 2 = disagree 1 = strongly
agree agree/disagree disagree
N % N % N % N % N %
Overall Scale 12 1.5 37 4.6 204 25.0 292 36.0 267 32.9
She asked for it - 24 2.8 87 10.3 231 27.4 237 28.1 265 31.4
Subscale
It wasn’t really rape 27 3.3 21 2.5 127 15.2 178 21.3 482 57.7
- Subscale
She lied - Subscale 23 2.7 90 10.8 243 29.2 209 25.1 268 32.2
He didn’t mean to - 52 6.1 128 15.2 224 26.5 166 19.7 274 32.5
Subscale
He didn’t mean to – 24 2.9 37 4.4 164 19.6 260 31.0 352 42.1
alcohol - Subscale
Table 3. Means and standard deviations for the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale and its subscales.
M SD
Overall Scale 2.09 .884
She asked for it - Subscale 2.16 1.04
It wasn’t really rape - Subscale 1.68 .972
She lied - Subscale 2.28 1.07
He didn’t mean to - Subscale 2.43 1.22
He didn’t mean to – alcohol - Subscale 1.96 .993
Table 4. Independent samples t-tests comparing the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale and its
subscales by gender.
Female Male
M SD M SD t-test
Overall Scale 1.99 .860 2.37 .897 - 5.41***
She asked for it - Subscale 2.07 1.03 2.42 1.02 - 4.22***
It wasn’t really rape - Subscale 1.59 .930 1.91 1.06 - 3.89***
She lied - Subscale 2.17 1.05 2.58 1.05 - 4.87***
He didn’t mean to - Subscale 2.33 1.19 2.73 1.23 - 4.22***
He didn’t mean to – alcohol - Subscale 1.87 .948 2.24 1.06 - 4.54***
*p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.
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Table 5. Means and standard deviations for the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale and its subscales by
class standing.
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate
M SD M SD M SD M SD M SD
Overall Scale 2.26 .968 2.07 .886 2.11 .865 2.04 .864 1.79 .735
She asked for it - 2.20 1.00 2.15 1.06 2.17 1.03 2.16 1.90 1.89 .981
Subscale
It wasn’t really rape - 1.84 1.12 1.69 .980 1.65 .940 1.62 .931 1.46 .676
Subscale
She lied - Subscale 2.41 1.13 2.24 1.09 2.25 1.07 2.28 1.05 1.97 .881
He didn’t mean to - 2.63 1.28 2.44 1.22 2.51 1.22 2.31 1.19 1.96 1.00
Subscale
He didn’t mean to – 2.16 1.09 1.89 .949 2.03 .991 1.88 .981 1.60 .727
alcohol - Subscale
Table 6. One way analysis of variance with post-hoc comparisons for Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale
and its subscales by class standing.
F df p Post hoc analysis
(Tukey p<.05)
Overall Scale 3.25 4, 791 .01 Freshmen > Graduate student**
He didn’t mean to - Subscale 4.10 4, 823 .003 Freshmen > Senior*
He didn’t mean to – alcohol - 3.05 4, 816 .002 Freshmen > Sophomore*
Subscale Freshmen > Senior*
*p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001.