Status Defense Myths

Kristine Chapleau is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor at Indiana University School of Medicine, and adjunct professor at Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis. From 2001-2003, she has studied the effects of stereotypes and prejudice toward African Americans; specifically, how Afrocentric features of White and African American men influence criminal sentencing. Since 2004, she then studied sexual aggression and rape denial/justification. Her publications were the first to examine how rape denial/justification are associated with positive stereotypes about men, as well as depends on the perpetrator and victim’s relative status, and the threat of punishment. In her clinical practice she treats victims of abuse who are further victimized by these status defense myths.

1. Introduction
2. Human Sacrifice and the Status Quo
3. "Victimhood is a Coveted Status" (George Will)
4. Whistleblowers and Whistlestowers
5. More than Victim Blaming
6. Black Lives Matter
7. The Auto Industry's Takeover of Public Space
8. Climate Change Denial
9. Turning the Mirror