Sorority Women and Sexual Assault: A Feminist Routine Activities Framework

Sorority women's higher risk of sexual assault is examined through the lens of feminist routine activities theory. Using a large-sample survey (N=5446) of two large public universities, sorority women were compared to unaffiliated women on several variables, including association with fraternity men, alcohol consumption, and experience of sexual assault. Sorority women were significantly more likely to have experienced attempted or completed sexual assault (42.8% versus 32.5% of unaffiliated women). They also spent significantly more time with fraternity men and consumed significantly greater amounts of alcohol. The study supports the theory that sorority women's routine activities place them at greater risk of sexual assault.

Author

• Russell, Amanda

Language

• en

Keyword

• Routine Activities Theory
• Sexual Assault
• Campus sexual assault
• Sororities
• College
• Criminology

Date created

• 2018

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Sociology

Degree

• M.A.

Advisor

• Weitzer, Ronald
• Martinez, Daniel

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/4q77fr576