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Twenty of the most popular coming of age films, five from each decade, 1980s-2010s, have been analyzed for perpetuation of rape culture and rape myth acceptance. This study examines the frequencies and types of perpetuation present in each film. The analysis is based on a widely accepted rape myth acceptance scale (RMA) and a list of other subtler rape culture perpetuations. The films received a point for each scene that fulfilled the sentiments in the RMA or subtler perpetuation list. The films were analyzed in terms of the decade they were released in to find patterns in rape culture over time. Overall, the amount of rape culture perpetuation decreased from each previous decade, with the 2010s films having the least amount of perpetuation. While the overall amount of perpetuation has seemingly decreased over time, there has been a potentially dangerous spike in the number of subtler scenes that normalize and perpetuate rape culture.

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