Misogynistic peers, masculinity, and bystander intervention for sexual aggression: Is it really just “locker‐room talk?”

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruschelle M. Leone ◽  
Dominic J. Parrott
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Aggression ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Locker Room

scholarly journals Speak Up! Prosocial Intervention Verbalizations Predict Successful Bystander Intervention for a Laboratory Analogue of Sexual Aggression

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-243
Author(s):  
Dominic J. Parrott ◽  
Kevin M. Swartout ◽  
Andra Teten Tharp ◽  
Danielle M. Purvis ◽  
Volkan Topalli
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sexual Aggression ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Male Peer ◽  
Laboratory Analogue ◽  
Speak Up ◽  
Peer Context

This study evaluated a mechanism by which men’s self-efficacy to intervene increases their likelihood of preventing a laboratory analogue of sexual aggression (SA) via specific verbalizations and whether alcohol inhibits this mechanism. A sample of 78 male peer dyads were randomly assigned to consume an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage and complete a laboratory paradigm to assess bystander intervention to prevent SA toward a female who had ostensibly consumed an alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage. Participants’ verbalizations during the task were subjected to quantitative analysis. Regardless of alcohol use, bystander self-efficacy increased the likelihood of successful bystander intervention via participants’ use of more prosocial verbalizations. Findings highlight prosocial verbalizations within the male peer context that may effectively prevent SA.

Validity for an Integrated Laboratory Analogue of Sexual Aggression and Bystander Intervention

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic J. Parrott ◽  
Andra Teten Tharp ◽  
Kevin M. Swartout ◽  
Cameron A. Miller ◽  
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Aggression ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Laboratory Analogue

scholarly journals Speak Up! Prosocial Intervention Verbalizations Predict Successful Bystander Intervention for a Laboratory Analogue of Sexual Aggression

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic J. Parrott ◽  
Kevin M. Swartout ◽  
Andra Teten Tharp ◽  
Danielle M. Purvis ◽  
Volkan Topalli
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Aggression ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Laboratory Analogue ◽  
Speak Up

“This is My Girl”: How Men’s Desires Obscure Women’s Sexual Aggression Experiences in Public Drinking Settings

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-101
Author(s):  
Sarah Becker ◽  
Justine E. Tinkler
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Aggression ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Sexual Contact ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Physical Threat ◽  
Public Drinking ◽  
Unwanted Sexual Contact

In this article, we use 198 interviews with young men and women to explore how they define and negotiate boundaries of unwanted sexual contact in public drinking settings. Men and women’s contrasting experiences reveal that in bars and nightclubs, sexual aggression against women is routine and typically involves physical threat. For men, however, consensual and nonaggressive contact can register as problematic when disruptive to men’s control of heterosexual interactions. Men’s aggression toward other men who disrupt their access to women is cause and consequence of women’s sexual aggression experiences being less visible. We contribute to sexual assault literature by illustrating how heterosexual power dynamics—specifically, disproportionate visibility and defense of men’s desires—shape tolerance of barroom sexual aggression, discourage bystander intervention, and set the stage for more serious forms of assault to occur and go unpunished.

Becoming an Active Bystander

2021 ◽  
pp. 176-190
Author(s):  
Gordon Braxton
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Bystander Intervention ◽  
Locker Room

If most men are nonviolent, why do they not stop violence around them from occurring? Chapter 8 introduces readers to the vibrant field of bystander intervention. Readers will learn the key tenets of bystander intervention strategies as well as their strengths and weaknesses. Most importantly, readers will gain an appreciation for the barriers that prevent boys from interrupting violence that they observe and strategize about how to overcome those barriers. The chapter also discusses whether jokes and “locker room talk” are worthy of interruption. Chapter 8 closes by identifying how boys can help survivors of sexual violence who disclose to them.

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