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Effects of Coercion and Verbal Consent on University Students' Perception of Date Rape
Objective:
To compare university students' perceptions of date rape with current
legal definitions. Methods: A convenient sample of 474 students
each read one of eight dating scenarios that manipulated levels
of coercion and verbal consent. Results: High attribution
of rape when "no" was verbalized, with coercion not being a faction
in this condition. Students were less able to discriminate between
the remaining scenarios with gender accounting for some of the discrepancies.
Conclusion: The absence of a verbalzed "no," university students'
perceptions of rape are not consistent with current legal definitions.
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