That it is acceptable to refuse sexual attention is something every family does not teach their children, which sets them up to become victims.
(PULLMAN, Wash.) - Female college students who believe women are subservient and who endorse music/media's degradation of women are more likely to be involved in an unhealthy sexual relationship, according to research from Washington State University’s Murrow Center for Media & Health Promotion Research.
College should be an ideal time to encourage students’ participation in sexual assault prevention programs due to the prevalence of sexual experimentation and the subsequent risk for sexual assault victimization and perpetration during this time.
“Our study suggests that programs that utilize media to empower women to reject traditional sexual scripts could create awareness and stimulate conversation about consent, sexual expectations and stereotypes,” Rodgers said.
The study, “Scripting Sexual Consent: Internalized Traditional Sexual Scripts and Sexual Consent Expectancies Among College Students” was published in the journal Family Relations, at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fare.12230/full.