Putting the Y in cyberflashing: Exploring the prevalence and predictors of the reasons for sending unsolicited nude or sexual images

Karasavva, Vasileia; Brunet, L.; Smodis, Audrey; Swanek, Jessie; Forth, Adelle E.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2022.107593

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“…Motives for cyberflashing range from partner hunting to sending sexy images for the victim-survivor to enjoy or for amusement and in order to gain power and control over the victim-survivor [48][49][50]. The derivative, so-called sexual 'zoombombing', which involves hijacking a teleconferencing meeting by inserting sexualized images or videos, is largely reported to be about the perpetrator's entertainment through the disruption of the meeting [51].…”

Section: Perpetrator Motivationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Online Gender-Sexual Violations

2023

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Image-based sexual abuse describes the offline or online non-consensual sharing of real or fake images or videos with (un)known others of a person that are either sexually explicit or sexually suggestive. New information and communication technologies (ICTs) provide many open-ended and undefined possibilities for image-based sexual abuse (IBSA), such as ‘revenge pornography’, ‘upskirting’, deepfake pornography, sexual spycamming, and cyberflashing, to name just a few. These forms of abuse refer to the online, and also at times offline, non-consensual distribution or sharing of explicit images or videos of someone else by ex-partners, partners, others, or hackers seeking revenge, entertainment, or peer group status. The vast majority of these are committed by men against women. Given the many adverse impacts on physical and psychological health and well-being it has on its victim-survivors, exploring this form of online gender-sexual abuse and violation becomes an important endeavor. Situating the discussion within debates on gender and sexuality, the entry discusses the increasing use of new technologies for online gender-sexual abuse and violation, highlighting the motivations of those perpetrating IBSA, the negative physical and psychological impacts of IBSA on victim-survivors, and what has been, and could be, done to combat image-based sexual abuses and other misuses of new technologies, notably through legal, policy, and practice interventions within and between nations.

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Section: Perpetrator Motivationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Online Gender-Sexual Violations

2023

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“…In this context, individuals high in these traits (often men) are “successful” in sexually exploiting others through deception in mating contexts (Jonason et al, 2014), interpersonal aggression (Jones & Olderbak, 2014), and reduced empathy (Jonason et al, 2013). Indeed, the Dark Tetrad traits are associated with sexually violent behaviors such as sexual coercion (Blinkhorn et al, 2015; particularly in men: Lyons et al, 2020), insistence in sexual contacts (Koscielska et al, 2019), sexual harassment proclivity (Zeigler‐Hill et al, 2016), and, more recently, online sexual violence (Karasavva et al, 2023; Karasavva & Forth, 2022). Particularly, sadism has been found to predict sexual violence (Robertson & Knight, 2014; Russell & King, 2016) and psychopathy has been found to be higher in male sex offenders than nonoffenders (Navas et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Is the link between the Dark Tetrad and the acceptance of sexual violence mediated by sexual machismo?

Costa,

Fávero,

Moreira

et al. 2023

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Previous studies have established relationships between the Dark Tetrad traits and sexual violence and its acceptance through myths about this type of violence. Sexual violence is positively associated with machismo, with sexist beliefs having been found to be linked with the Dark Tetrad and with the acceptance of sexual violence. Using a community sample comprising 362 adults between the ages of 18 and 70 (M = 35.6, SD = 14.3) and three self‐report measures, this cross‐sectional study aimed to explore the mediating role of sexual machismo in the relationship between each of the Dark Tetrad traits and the acceptance of sexual violence, both in the overall sample and by gender, as well as whether a significant variance in this acceptance is explained by the “dark” traits, sexual machismo, and gender. In the regression, sexual machismo (the male) gender, and only Machiavellianism were uniquely associated with the acceptance of sexual violence, and sexual machismo partially mediated the associations between the Dark Tetrad and the acceptance of sexual violence. These findings indicate that being male and higher in sexism is more closely linked with the acceptance of sexual violence than most Dark Tetrad traits. Moreover, the associations between the Dark Tetrad, sexual machismo, and the acceptance of sexual violence were stronger in men, consistent with the notion that these traits facilitate a “male” exploitive mating strategy, which likely also extends to victim‐blaming and positive attitudes about sexual violence more broadly. Lastly, the results emphasize the pervasiveness of beliefs about male superiority over women and its relationship with victim‐blaming even in women.

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