The Interplay of Modern Myths About Sexual Aggression and Moral Foundations in the Blaming of Rape Victims Milesi, Patrizia Süssenbach, Philipp Bohner, Gerd López Megías, Jesús modern myths about sexual aggression moral foundations rape rape myths victim blaming Moral Foundations Theory proposes five intuition-based moral concerns: Care and Fairness (“individualizing foundations”) as well as Loyalty, Authority, and Sanctity (“binding foundations”). In studies carried out in Italy, Spain, and Germany, the au- thors examined how these concerns are associated with the acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression (AMMSA), and how both jointly predict rape victim blaming. Overall, victim blaming was positively predicted by Authority and Sanctity, and negatively predicted by Care and Fairness. Although victim blaming was best predicted by AMMSA, moral concerns also contributed to its prediction, partly inde- pendently, partly mediated through AMMSA, and in the case of Sanctity in interac- tion with AMMSA. Discussion highlights how integrating moral foundations in the investigation of victim blaming and AMMSA across different cultural contexts may deepen our understanding of why, in each cultural context, victim blaming and re- lated beliefs are resistant to change. 2026-01-21T10:29:18Z 2026-01-21T10:29:18Z 2020 journal article Published version: Milesi P, Süssenbach P, Bohner G, Megias JL. The interplay of modern myths about sexual aggression and moral foundations in the blaming of rape victims. European Journal of Social Psychology. 2020;50(1):111-123. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2622 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/110022 10.1002/ejsp.2622 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Wiley