Relationship Between Familiarity with the #MeToo Movement and Gender of Survivors and Perpetrators on Judgement in Response to Vignettes

<p dir="ltr">This study sought to determine the relationship between familiarity with the #MeToo movement and the gender of perpetrators and survivors of sexual violence situations, with how participants might judge a vignette describing a situation of alleged sexual harassment. The study included 108 participants of mostly college-aged white females. Participants completed online questionnaires that presented them with vignettes, which they were then asked to judge. The investigator evaluated responses through an assessment of their agreement with certain statements. A primary effect of familiarity with the #MeToo movement was identified, but no main effect of the gender of perpetrators and survivors. Exploratory variables of the age of participants, gender of participants, and participants’ feelings towards the goals of the # MeToo movement were statistically significant. The results suggested that people who are more familiar with the #MeToo movement are likely to judge perpetrators of alleged sexual harassment more harshly than participants who are less familiar with the movement.</p>