According to the discussion of child sexual abuse,
a. approximately 5 of females experienced sexual abuse prior to age 18.
b. approximately 15 to 30 of females have experienced sexual abuse prior to age 18.
c. only a small proportion of child sexual abuse incidents involve the child's relatives, or caretakers.
d. the definition of child sexual abuse specifies that the perpetrator is the child's relative.
Question 2Chapter 13 discussed some of the myths about rape. Which of the following statements is correct information (not a myth)?
a. Most rapists are people whom the victim knows prior to the assault.
b. Pornography that involves rape actually does decrease the likelihood of rape.
c. If a woman is wearing tight, suggestive clothing, she is basically inviting men to rape her.
d. Many women actually do agree to sexual intercourse, but then they change the story later on.
Question 3According to the research about attitudes toward rape,
a. men are somewhat more likely than women to blame the victim for an acquaintance rape.
b. women who have been raped are less likely to report the attack if they know the attacker.
c. men are highly accurate in interpreting the nonverbal messages that women convey in a dating relationship.
d. women frequently send misleading sexual messages to men; these miscommunications then cause acquaintance rape.
Question 4Surveys of attitudes toward rape tend to show that
a. there are no gender differences in attitudes toward rape.
b. men are more likely than women to blame rape victims for the assault.
c. men are more likely than women to believe that the rape had been the rapist's fault.
d. people consistently believe that the rapist, rather than the woman, should be blamed for the attack.
Question 5The textbook's discussion of attitudes toward rape pointed out that
a. family members are much more supportive of rape victims than other people are.
b. most people today recognize that a woman should not be blamed for a rape just because she was wearing a short skirt.
c. people with traditional gender roles are especially likely to blame a rape victim for the assault.d men and women are equally likely to blame rape victims for the assault.
Question 6The research about women's fears of rape concludes that
a. women and men feel equally unsafe at night; however, women fear rape, whereas men fear being robbed.
b. women typically take many precautions to avoid being raped by a stranger at night.
c. women take some precautions to avoid being raped by a stranger, but they take even more precautions to avoid being raped by an acquaintance.
d. women seem to be unaware of the potential danger of being alone at night.
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