Victim blaming and gender-based violence: antecedents, functions and consequences

Authors

  • Federica Spaccatini Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
  • Maria Giuseppina Pacilli Università degli Studi di Perugia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/6669

Keywords:

Victim blaming, Gender violence

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyze the phenomenon of victim blaming, i.e., the attribution of blame to the victims, in the domain of gender violence. Reviewing the research literature on this topic with a particular focus on its meaning and functions, we will analyze the way by which the internalization of specific beliefs (i.e., rape myth) on violence and on victims’ characteristics concur to trigger, legitimate and perpetuate the phenomenon. Finally, we will discuss possible intervention’s strategies to fight against the phenomenon.

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Author Biographies

Federica Spaccatini, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

Federica Spaccatini holds a PhD by the University of Perugia. She is post-doctoral research fellow in social psychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca and an adjunct professor of Social Psychology at the University of Perugia (Italy). Her areas of interest and research are: sexualization, sexual objectification, dehumanization, gender violence and victim blaming, morality.

Maria Giuseppina Pacilli, Università degli Studi di Perugia

Maria Giuseppina Pacilli hold a PhD by the University of Lecce. She is Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Perugia. Her areas of interest and research are: the effects of sexualization on social perception, prejudices based on gender and sexual orientation, psyco-social factors of unethical behavior.

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Published

2019-12-10

How to Cite

Spaccatini, F., & Pacilli, M. G. (2019). Victim blaming and gender-based violence: antecedents, functions and consequences. La Camera Blu, (21). https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/6669

Issue

No. 21 (2019): About genders

Section

Research Workshop

License

La camera blu is an open access, online publication, with licence  CCPL Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported