Southern African Social Work Students’ Acceptance of Rape Myths
Despite numerous interventions to promote gender equality, sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest prevalence rates of non-partner sexual assault in the world, thus constituting a major social and public health issue in the region. As social workers frequently provide services to this population,...
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| description | Despite numerous interventions to promote gender equality, sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest prevalence rates of non-partner sexual assault in the world, thus constituting a major social and public health issue in the region. As social workers frequently provide services to this population, an exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted to explore rape myth acceptance among undergraduate social work students studying in Namibia. Findings revealed the positive influence of social work education in reducing rape myth acceptance, as well as highlighting the influence of age, gender, country of origin, self-identification as a feminist, and religiosity on rape myth acceptance among this population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0bc6b261559148899cd2df56485adac02022-12-21T19:53:12ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602018-09-017915210.3390/socsci7090152socsci7090152Southern African Social Work Students’ Acceptance of Rape MythsJohn Matthews0Lisa Avery1Johanna Nashandi2College of Education, Zayed University, 9000 Dubai, UAEPortland Community College, Portland, OR 97219, USADepartment of Social Work, University of Namibia, 9000 Windhoek, NamibiaDespite numerous interventions to promote gender equality, sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest prevalence rates of non-partner sexual assault in the world, thus constituting a major social and public health issue in the region. As social workers frequently provide services to this population, an exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted to explore rape myth acceptance among undergraduate social work students studying in Namibia. Findings revealed the positive influence of social work education in reducing rape myth acceptance, as well as highlighting the influence of age, gender, country of origin, self-identification as a feminist, and religiosity on rape myth acceptance among this population.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/7/9/152rape mythsAfricasocial workstudentsattitudes |
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| title | Southern African Social Work Students’ Acceptance of Rape Myths |
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