This study examined whether knowing that a victim of a sexual assault was carrying a
condom influenced perceptions of her sexual intention and subsequent judgments of the
sexual assault. Participants (N = 165) read a vignette describing a date
that culminated in an alleged sexual assault. Condom possession (carrying a condom, not
carrying a condom) of both the female and male target was systematically varied. When the
woman was carrying a condom, the woman was perceived as more sexually willing and the
sexual assault claim perceived as less valid. In contrast, the male target's condom
possession had little impact on judgments.
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