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- Title
Celebrity Infidelity and Sex Crimes: An Empirical Investigation of Cheating, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, and Solicitation.
- Authors
Lankford, Adam; Evans, Hannah Rae; Bowling, Austin
- Abstract
Although celebrity infidelity and sex crimes have received much attention in recent years, there has been almost no criminological research on these behaviors among a large sample of celebrities. For this study, we closely analyzed infidelity, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and solicitation of sex workers among 200 of the most famous celebrities in America. Overall, our quantitative results strongly suggest that (1) celebrity men are far more likely to commit sexual transgressions than celebrity women, (2) celebrities who cheat on their romantic partner have a substantially increased risk of also committing sexual harassment, sexual assault, and solicitation, and (3) celebrity men are much more likely to engage in infidelity than men in the U.S. general population. Our results also provide some support for the possibility that celebrity women may be more prone to infidelity than the average American woman and celebrity men may be more likely to commit sexual harassment, sexual assault, or solicitation than the average American man. We interpret these findings in the context of sexual frustration theory, given that celebrities may experience more sexual temptations than the average person and some may feel more entitled to have their sexual demands met.
- Subjects
SEX crimes; INFIDELITY (Couples); EMPIRICAL research; SEXUAL harassment; SEXUAL assault
- Publication
Sexuality & Culture, 2024, Vol 28, Issue 1, p333
- ISSN
1095-5143
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12119-023-10119-6