According to findings published in the Journal of Research in Personality, 60 percent of males said that there was some likelihood that if they thought they could not get caught, they would be willing to force a women to do something she did not want to do and/or rape her.
So that's it? The majority of men are morally base? Who the hell can I trust? Is this blown out of proportion or is this accurate?
2007-11-29 02:13:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Nothing like that is accurate. It all depends of how many men were asked and where. That's obviously not a global statistic.
Me, I'm in the 40% that's not 'morally base' as you put it.
2007-11-29 02:18:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
This study is quite famous. However, there are several things to think about here:
1. Reporting something on a survey and doing something in real life are very different things.
2. As mentioned I am pretty sure this only applied to university aged males.
3. Males are known to over report anything that is related to sexuality. I.E. number partners, number of times they have had sex and so on.
4. I remember the wording of the questions as being rather ambiguous. This can skew the results. If we are talking about the same one.
So while the study has some merit, it comes with serious reservations.
2007-11-29 04:27:02 · answer #2 · answered by Jonas E 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well, 60% of the men they surveyed (and got an answer from) said that.. which is not 60% of all men.
also, what type of survey was this? was it a mail out? if so then only men who felt they had a problem may have answered? and normal people just threw the survey in the trash?.. You see... HOW they came to this data is VERY important in talking about its' validity
also... what population sample did they use? was this a prison? was it a boys camp where 50 teenage boys hadn't seen a woman in 2 weeks? these things are important as well.
In the end.. this may be true.. but that is HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
2007-11-29 02:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by pip 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a poor study with loosely defined variables, a not-so-random group of participants, and/or very low external validity.
Keep in mind that making a woman "do something she did not want to do" may not imply a sexual nature, but could be as simple as ordering her to do dishes, and to add "and/or rape" sets a context. That's like asking "True or False: you have, at any point in time, eaten sugar and/or snorted cocaine."
Besides, if a similar study were given to females asking if they could force a man to do something, similar results would be found.
You should also investigate and note their "n" value (the number of men they surveyed). If this number is low (say, less than 100, and definitely if it is less than 50), consider this research very inaccurate. Results like this canNOT be extended to the general population and have any real significance with such low n.
2007-11-29 04:24:02 · answer #4 · answered by Aria T 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 22:17:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the sample was only of men who had a mental illness. Did they specify where the sample was taken from? There is no way that is correct.
2007-11-29 02:24:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋