Friday, 7th June, 11:45 – 13:15

Room: Keynes Lecture Theatre 1 (KLT 1), Keynes College

These talks address how people define, interpret, and justify sexual misconduct. 

11:45- 12:05:

Veronica Lamarche (Associate Professor, University of Essex): “I’m Going to Start Thinking You Don’t Care About Me.” Self-Esteem, Narcissism, and Endorsing Sexual Coercion Following Social Rejection

12:05 – 12:25:

Rael Dawtry (Lecturer, University of Essex): I blame therefore it was: Rape Myth Acceptance, victim blaming and memory reconstruction

12:25 – 12:35:

Laurie James-Hawkins (Lecturer, University of Essex): Sexual Assault and Definitions of Consent in the Era of #MeToo

12:35 – 12:45

Andreea Ernst-Vintila (Lecturer, University Paris-Nanterre): A social psychology of violence against women? Results and recommendations from a study of its post #MeToo interpretations by future justice professionals in France

12:45 – 12:55

Rebecca Smith (University of Greenwich): Understanding and reducing rape myths (RMA): an examination of attitudinal predictors of RMA and the evaluation of an online intervention to reduce it

12:55 – 13:15:

Plenary discussion