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Casey, Ph. Phone: Results showed that participants significantly overestimated the typicality of all types of sexual situations for other men.
Participants also misjudged the desirability of scenarios consistent with a traditional masculinity sexual script to other men; these scenarios reflected an adversarial perspective on relationships and an impersonal approach to sexuality β a known risk factor for sexual aggression. Further, sexually aggressive men overestimated the desirability of these traditional masculinity scenarios to a greater extent than non-aggressive peers.
The degree to which men believe their peers approve of or perpetrate sexual assault has emerged as a consistent and powerful predictor of sexually aggressive behavior toward women. More specifically, men tend to over-estimate the number of partners other men have, and the frequency with which other men engage in a range of specific sexual behaviors e. Less well explored, however, are the intersections of these two avenues of research.
More specifically, we explore whether the magnitude of misperceptions differs between sexually aggressive and non-aggressive men. Injunctive norms are perceptions of the degree to which others peers, family members, partners approve of specific behaviors or find them desirable. In contrast, descriptive norms are beliefs about the frequency with which others actually engage in particular behaviors. Both categories of norms are implicated in sexual behavior, and peers are particularly relevant referents for both injunctive and descriptive normative perceptions.
