Sexting and Hegemonic Masculinity: Interrogating Male Sexual Agency, Empowerment and Dominant Gendered Norms

Sexting en universitarios: relación con edad, sexo y autoestima

“…Atendiendo a la perspectiva de género, la mayoría de los estudios (posfeministas) se centran en cómo las adolescentes y mujeres jóvenes representan y negocian su identidad de género y sexualidad en el contexto del sexting, dejando casi de lado cómo lo hacen los hombres. Algunos ofrecen una explicación simplista (Dobson, 2014(Dobson, , 2015García-Gómez, 2018, 2019Hasinoff, 2012Hasinoff, , 2014Hasinoff, , 2015 al describir a las primeras como víctimas de la sexualización, que reproducen las normas de género dominantes y a las que se pide (al contrario que a los hombres) que aborden los efectos negativos de la sexualización temprana (Livingstone, 2008). Cuando, en realidad, los análisis sobre las creencias y las motivaciones detrás del sexting consensuado, realizados por García-Gómez (2017, 2018), revelan que las jóvenes heterosexuales británicas lo entienden como un medio para vivir plenamente su vida sexual y relacionarse.…”

Sexual Boundary Violations via Digital Media Among Students

“…Similarly, in recent years the phenomenon of sexting has increasingly gained attention and been a topic of debate ( Dekker et al, 2019 ). In international publications, sexting is generally classified as a deviant behavior, and accordingly it is discussed from the perspective of the risks it entails ( Hasinoff, 2015 ; García-Gómez, 2019 ). In particular in United States contexts, sexting is perceived as a risky form of misconduct even when carried out by adults ( Döring and Mohseni, 2018 ; Mori et al, 2019 ; Wachs et al, 2021 ).…”

“…In non-consensual sharing of intimate images, similar to the dynamics of offline sexual violence, the responsibility for the dissemination of the images is often placed on the victims and not on the publishers and forwarders ( Naezer and van Oosterhout, 2021 , 4). Boys, on the other hand, tend to be viewed as more masculine through self-generated sexual images (see for example, Ringrose et al, 2013 ; García-Gómez, 2019 ). Additionally, boys are more likely than girls to share images without the consent of the depicted person ( Morelli et al, 2016a ; Johnson et al, 2018 ; Barrense-Dias et al, 2020 ).…”

Discursive representation of masculinity and femininity in Tinder and Grindr: Hegemonic masculinity, feminine devaluation and femmephobia

“…Although there is a wealth of scholarly research on documenting the conceptualisation of multiple masculinities (Budgeon, 2014; Connell, 1992, 1995, 2000; Dahl, 2012; among many others) hegemonic masculinities (Connell, 1987,1995, 2000; Connell and Messerschmidt, 2005; García-Gómez, 2019) and female masculinities (Halberstam, 2012; Levitt et al, 2003; Paechter, 2006, 2018), research has failed to explore femininity within patriarchal discourse domination in general and, more precisely, the intricacies of occupying the feminine position (Hoskin, 2019). In line with Serano (2007) and Hoskin (2013, 2017), I here argue that the impact of occupying the masculine or the feminine position on theorising social inequalities has received scant attention.…”

“…The study of the impact of new media on the way male and female adolescents relate has been an emerging field within social psychology and linguistics (Albury and Crawford, 2012; Brown, 2000; García-Gómez, 2017, 2019; Ringrose, 2006, 2010; Ringrose and Eriksson Barajas, 2011; among many others). Debates around understanding negative Internet practices have made this an important and fruitful area to research, highlighting the potential impacts of the Internet on teenagers’ development of gender roles and socialisation (García-Gómez, 2010; Hyde, 2007).…”