Coping ability of rape victims: Comment on Myers, Templer, and Brown.

Discusses a retrospective study of female rape victims by M. Meyers et al (see record 1984-12510-001) that concluded that these women may have projected to their assailants an image of vulnerability and helplessness that increased the probability of assault. These conclusions are criticized on both methodological and sociopolitical grounds. (2 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)