Experimental evidence of subtle victim blame in the absence of explicit blame.

We argue that people will often eschew explicit victim blame (e.g., claiming that "X is to blame") because it is counternormative and socially undesirable, yet they might still engage in subtle victim blame by attributing victims' suffering to behaviors the victims can control (i.e.,...

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Main Authors: Carolyn L Hafer, Alicia N Rubel, Caroline E Drolet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227229&type=printable
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