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Publication details [#33203]

Osman, S.L. 2003. Predicting Men's Rape Perceptions Based on the Belief That "No" Really Means "Yes";. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 33 (4) : 683–692.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative failure | rape | women's vs. men's language

Place, Publisher

Bellwether Publishing

ISBN

0021-9029

Annotation

This study explores men's rape perceptions based on the belief that women employ token resistance to sex, that is that they say "no" to sex when they really mean "yes." The results indicate that miscommunication can be a potential contributing factor in date rape.