The Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (Payne et al., 1999)	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly agree
A woman who is raped while she is drunk is at least somewhat responsible.	1	2	3	4	5
Although most women wouldn't admit it, they generally like being physically forced to have sex.	1	2	3	4	5
If a woman is willing to "make out" with a guy, then it's no big deal if he goes a little further and has sex with her.	1	2	3	4	5
Many women secretly desire to be raped.	1	2	3	4	5
If a woman doesn't physically fight back, you can't really say that it was rape.	1	2	3	4	5
Men from nice middle-class homes almost never rape.	1	2	3	4	5
Rape accusations are often used as a way of getting back at men.	1	2	3	4	5
Usually, only women who dress sexy are raped.	1	2	3	4	5
If the rapist doesn't have a weapon, you really can't call it a rape.	1	2	3	4	5
Rape is unlikely to happen in a woman's own neighborhood.	1	2	3	4	5
Women tend to exaggerate how much rape affects them.	1	2	3	4	5
A lot of women lead a man on and then they cry rape.	1	2	3	4	5
A woman who "teases" men deserves anything that might happen.	1	2	3	4	5
When women are raped, it's often because the way they said "no" was unclear.	1	2	3	4	5
Men don't usually intend to force sex on a woman, but sometimes they get too sexually carried away.	1	2	3	4	5
A woman who dresses in skimpy clothes should not be surprised if a man tries to force her to have sex.	1	2	3	4	5
Rape happens when a man's sex drive gets out of control.	1	2	3	4	5
Most rape and sexual assaults are committed by strangers.	1	2	3	4	5
In Illinois, a 15 year-old can give consent to have sex.	1	2	3	4	5
If someone came to me and claimed that they were raped, my first reaction would be to not believe them.	1	2	3	4	5