The effects of sexually violent rock music on males' acceptance of violence against women

Author(s): Joyner, Doris J.

Journal/Book: Psychology of Women Quarterly. 1991; 15: 49-63.

Abstract: Evaluated the effects of sexually violent music on 75 male undergraduates' attitudes toward women, acceptance of violence against women, and self-reported sexual arousal. One month before experimental manipulation, Ss were administered 2 covariate measures (religious orientation and sex-role orientation); the Attitudes Toward Women Scale; the Sex-Role Stereotyping, Adversarial Sexual Beliefs, Acceptance of Interpersonal Violence, and Rape Myth Acceptance subscales from M. R. Burt's (1980) Sexual Attitudes Survey; and a sexual arousal index. Ss with an extrinsic religious orientation were more accepting of sexist and rape-supportive beliefs. Exposure to heavy-metal rock music, irrespective of lyrical content, increased males' sex-role stereotyping and negative attitudes toward women. An unexpected finding was greater self-reported sexual arousal in response to classical music.

Note: sexually violent rock music; attitudes & acceptance of violence toward women & self reported sexual arousal; male college students

Keyword(s): Rock music; sexual abuse; sexual attitudes; sexual arousal; human males; violence ; adulthood

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