ABSTRACT
This chapter presents data showing that interrelated factors form two largely independent constellations, labeled hostile masculinity and impersonal sexual orientation. The development of the model is considered in the context of theory and research emphasizing the role of sexual and/or power motives underlying rape and other forms of sexual aggression. The chapter explores some aspects of model to the influential work of Donald Mosher and his associates in assessing the links between a "macho personality" and sexual aggression. It describes a "risk" analysis which illustrates the potential relevance of our model to clinical prediction. The chapter highlights the role of men's hostility as a cause of aggression against women, which is not emphasized in Mosher's construct of the "macho" personality. M. R. Burt theorized that certain attitudes play an important role in contributing to sexual aggression by acting as "psychological releasers or neutralizers, allowing potential rapists to turn off social prohibitions against injuring or using others".
