Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: Victimization and Risk Factors

Rafaela Monteiro, Helena Grangeia, Anita Santos
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Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence (TFSV) has been a permanent concern in contemporary society. This study aims to provide a global understanding of the TFSV phenomenon in Portuguese context. Using quantitative analyses, the rate and prevalence of victimization, victim characteristics, and technology use were examined. An online questionnaire was completed by 500 people (75.8% female) aged 18–70, mostly cisgender (96.2%), and heterosexual (85.8%). The main results point to a high victimization global rate (72%) as well as in the last 12 months (70.8%). There were no significant differences between the sexes except in sexual aggression/coercion, with more females suffering the more severe type of TFSV. However, the gendering of TFSV emerges with specific behaviors. Females tend to be more sexually harassed, only females report non-consensual sexual experiences with someone they met online, and males tend to report receiving offensive content about their gender/sexuality. Younger people tend to report a higher rate of victimization. The regression model with only victim characteristics is more predictive of TFSV victimization, with younger and heterosexual victims as significant predictors. This study argues that the culture of harassment is deeply rooted and finds an easy way to be disseminated in the digital world.
技术促成的性暴力:受害情况和风险因素
技术促成的性暴力(TFSV)一直是当代社会关注的问题。本研究旨在全面了解葡萄牙的 TFSV 现象。通过定量分析,研究了受害率和流行率、受害者特征和技术使用情况。500 名年龄在 18-70 岁之间的人士(75.8% 为女性)填写了一份在线调查问卷,其中大部分为顺性性别(96.2%)和异性恋(85.8%)。主要结果表明,全球受害率(72%)和过去 12 个月受害率(70.8%)都很高。除了性侵犯/性胁迫之外,男女之间没有明显的差异,更多的女性遭受了更严重的性侵犯/性胁迫。不过,性攻击/性胁迫的性别差异在具体行为上有所体现。女性往往受到更多的性骚扰,只有女性报告了与网上认识的人发生非自愿性关系的经历,而男性往往报告收到有关其性别/性取向的攻击性内容。年轻人报告的受害率往往更高。只有受害者特征的回归模型更能预测 TFSV 的受害情况,其中年轻受害者和异性恋受害者是重要的预测因素。本研究认为,骚扰文化根深蒂固,并能在数字世界中轻松传播。
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