Table of Contents

DEFINING THE PROBLEM: Rape Myth; ATTITUDES ABOUT ACQUAINTANCE RAPE: Attributions of Responsibility; FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ACQUAINTANCE RAPE: Sex-Role Socialization Alcohol; Misperception as an Antecedent of Acquaintance Rape: A Consequence of Ambiguity in Communication Between Women and Men; TYPES OF ACQUAINTANCE RAPE: Non-violent Sexual Coercion; Wife Rape; Gang Rape on Campus; VICTIMS: Factors That Increase Likelihood of Victimization; Women as Victims: Antecedents and Consequences; Male Victims; ASSAILANTS: Sexually Coercive College Males; Attraction to Sexual Aggression; EFFECTS OF ACQUAINTANCE RAPE: The Psychological Impact of Stranger versus Non-Stranger Rape on Victims' Recovery; Effects on the Female Victim; SOCIETAL RESPONSE: Conceptual and Practical Analysis of Therapy for Victims; Medical Community Responses: Recommendations; The Law; AVOIDANCE AND PREVENTION: The Personal Perspective; A Three-Tier Approach; Institutional Response: Recommendations for College Policies and Procedures.

About the Author

About the editors Andrea Parrot, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Human Service Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. She is a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, and the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Dr. Parrot is listed in the International Who's Who in Sexology, and is the recipient of a number of prestigious academic and professional honors and awards, including Outstanding Young Woman of the Year, 1983. Her other books include Coping with Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape and Human Sexuality: Contemporary Controversies. Laurie Bechhofer is a sexuality educator with Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, St. Paul. She is a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex and holds a degree in psychology from Cornell University.