Items:

Victim responsibility
1. Women who dress in short skirts are more likely to be raped.
2. Women who wear suggestive outfits are more likely to be raped.
3. Beautiful women are more likely to be raped.
4. It is up to the woman to protect herself from rape.

Shamedenigration
5. Survivors of sexual violence should be ashamed of themselves.
6. A man whose wife has been raped should be ashamed of himself.
7. It will be very difficult for a young woman who has been raped to find a husband.
8. A raped woman is no longer desirable.
9. Female victims of sexual violence are promiscuous.

Victim credibility
10. Often, women lie that they were raped just to force the man into making reparation.
11. Women often lie that they have been raped when they realize that they are pregnant.

Deservingness
12. Most times, when a woman is raped, it is because she deserves it.
13. Any woman can become a victim of rape.*
14. In general, a raped woman is an innocent victim.*
15. The rape of a family member is sign that the men in the family have failed to protect their own.
16. Most women desire to be raped.

Response Options:
Disagree - 0
Neutral - 1
Agree - 3

*Items are reverse scored