“Feeling my Sister’s Pain”: Perceived Victim Suffering Moderates the Impact of Sexualized Music Videos on Fijian Women’s Responses to Men’s Intimate Partner Violence against Women

To better understand how sexualized music videos affect women’s responses to intimate partner violence (IPV), we examined the role of individual variability in perceived victim pain and perceived victim culpability in moderating and mediating (respectively) the priming effects of sexual music videos on women. Female Fijian college students (n = 243) were randomly assigned to one of three viewing conditions: stereotyped sexual music videos, non-stereotyped/non-sexual music videos, or neutral videos. All participants then read a portrayal of a male-toward-female IPV episode and their perceptions of the female victim and male perpetrator were assessed. Only women who minimized the victim’s pain were adversely affected by exposure to the stereotyped sexual videos. Specifically, for women who perceived low victim pain, those in the stereotyped video condition perceived the victim as more culpable and reported greater perpetrator-directed favorable responding than those in the other two conditions. For these women who perceived low victim pain, perceptions of victim culpability mediated the impact of video type on perpetrator-favorable responding. The findings help us better understand susceptibility to the negative impact of stereotypical sexual videos and highlight areas, such as emphasizing the suffering of victims and reducing myths about victim culpability, which may be worthy of particular emphasis in interventions

FY 1989 Operating Budget Memo

Memo explaining the FY1989 operating budget measures

Letter from the President

A letter from the President of Governors State University urging people to write to legislators about their support of funding for education through a proposed tax increase

The Future of Higher Education: Our Future

A note from the Governors State University President Leo Goodman-Malamuth concerning predictions of the future of higher education written in response to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education

A Heavenly View

Note from the President on the establishment of a communications teleport at Governors State University upon the installation of a satellite antenna

Focus on Excellence: An Address Given to the Faculty of Governors State University

I would like to examine with you for the remainder of my address the nature and quality of the education our students should receive. What should this University be doing for its students? And why? What should be the purpose of this new University, which was born with a sense of mission and aspiration seemingly different from those that many other universities claim? How really different are we or should we be? I intend to address these questions by examining Governors State University within the larger context of American higher education. I want to take both a historical and philosophical viewpoint. The major assumption is that Governors State University is and will continue to be devoted to the pursuit of excellence. There are a number of approaches I could take in discussing the quality of this University with you, and there are some very important aspects I will not havetime to discuss. It is my intention, however, to discuss Governors State University\u27s place within the long tradition of American higher education, the importance of the faculty, the nature of the curriculum, the legitimate expectations of the students, and finally, what you can and should expect from me

Message from the President

Thanksgiving message from the President of Governors State University

Message from the President

Thanksgiving message from the President of Governors State University

Report to the University on Reviewing the Past and Previewing the Future

A memo from David Curtis to Leo Goodman-Malamuth, who distributed the contents to the university community. Contained are a summary of comments and questions assembled during the program Reviewing the Past and Previewing the Future and designed to address issues in the organization categorized in nine topics: Bureaucracy, Building and Physical Arrangements, Communication, Curriculum, Miscellaneous, Mission, Orientation, Staff Relationships and Issues, and University Hours