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2125004343 · **on:** Jun 18, 2018

What is the biggest potential danger caused by the myth that rape is committed by psychopathic strangers?

a. From a legal standpoint, this myth is believed by most jurors, thus making a conviction in an acquaintance rape case very difficult.
b. This myth lends support to the it can't happen to me fallacy.
c. This myth tends to cause women to be more fearful of strangers than they should be.
d. Women who believe this myth are often more sexually repressed because they are in a constant state of worry.

Question 2

According to evolutionary theory, rape can be viewed as a strategy ____.

a. for a male to claim a specific female as his property and no one else's
b. to establish which males are dominant and which males are submissive in the social hierarchy
c. to ensure male dominance over women
d. to increase the reproductive success of low-status men who would otherwise have little chance of mating