Women’s and Men’s Reactions to Receiving Unsolicited Genital Images from Men

Marcotte, Alexandra S.; Gesselman, Amanda N.; Fisher, Helen; Garcia, Justin R.

doi:10.1080/00224499.2020.1779171

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“…These feelings were also expressed in interviews with younger women (i.e., 17-20 years), with participants voicing that they felt unsolicited DPs are invasive [50]. This negative sentiment toward unsolicited DPs was also communicated quantitatively, whereby most women of varying sexual orientations endorsed negative reactions (e.g., "grossed out") to receiving unsolicited DPs [40]. In relation to women's responses to USIs, young men have reported a disregard for women's expressed lack of interest and adverse reactions to DPs, viewing it as not authentic.…”

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“…In contrast to these reported negative reactions, some studies suggest that not everyone experiences unsolicited sexual images (USIs) negatively. When surveyed, the majority of gay and bisexual men endorsed more positive reactions (e.g., "entertained") to receiving USIs [40]. In addition, another study found that when evaluating a vignette situation, participants deemed a woman sending a USI as more appropriate than a man sending a USI [51].…”

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confidence: 98%

“…For instance, results from a nationally representative sample of US adults (N = 4248) showed that 30% of males and 32% of females said that they had received an unsolicited explicit image [39]. Also, in a study conducted with US adults (N = 2343, 18-90 years old) within the subsample of women (heterosexual and nonheterosexual) and men (nonheterosexual) who had reported receiving a DP, 90% stated that they had received an unsolicited DP [40].…”

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Technology and Sexual Offending

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Harkins

2021

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Purpose of Review This review examines the literature on technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV). The prevalence, perpetrators, harms, and victims of a selection of types of TFSV are covered. Particularly, the topics of image-based sexual abuse, video voyeurism, sending of unsolicited sexual images, and the use of technology to facilitate in-person sexual violence are discussed. Recent Findings The literature suggests that the types of TFSV discussed are prevalent and the impacts far-reaching. There is emerging evidence outlining the characteristics associated with and motivations behind these acts of TFSV. The impacts of TFSV victimization can be diverse and damaging. Many questions about TFSV are unanswered, highlighting the need for more empirical investigations. Summary Technology can be used to facilitate sexual violence through several means. It is clear that there is the potential for the impact on victims to be extensive; thus, it is critical that more work be done to understand the extent and nature of TFSV and the individuals who perpetrate this type of violence.

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Section: Sending Unsolicited Sexual Imagesmentioning

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Technology and Sexual Offending

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Harkins

2021

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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“…Entre hombres gais, muchos amigos se saludan/despiden con un pico 1 y se pueden permitir tocar "el paquete" o el culo en forma de juego o broma, tratarse de "puta", "zorra", "perra", etc. Lo que en una población una conducta con connotaciones sexuales puede ser considerada como acoso o violenta (Marcotte et al, 2020), en la otra puede ser percibida y sentida como excitante y/o erótica, como en los ejemplos de perfiles de usuarios de app que aparecen en la Figura 1.…”

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¿se Puede Hablar Realmente De Actos De “Violencia Sexual” en Los Contextos De Chemsex? Reflexiones Desde Los Entendimientos De Los Hombres Que Practican Chemsex Y La Cultura Sexual Gay

Fernández‐Dávila

2021

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Desde que el ChemSex (el uso intencionado de drogas con fines sexuales entre hombres gais y bisexuales) se diera a conocer a nivel mediático, especial atención ha cobrado de parte muchos sectores. Recientemente se ha comenzado a mencionar, desde fuera de este colectivo, la ocurrencia de “violencia sexual” en los contextos donde se lo práctica, pero muchos hombres no entienden como tal los “actos sexuales sin consentimiento (expreso)” que pudieran darse. Este ensayo busca entender, desde una perspectiva cultural, por qué muchos hombres no se reconocen como “víctimas” o “agresores” de “violencia sexual” en contextos de ChemSex. Como el ChemSex ocurre dentro de la cultura sexual gay, la cual tiene sus propios códigos, normas, valores, lenguaje, etc. que son diferentes a los de la cultura dominante (heterosexual), los significados y entendimientos en torno al contacto físico y al sexo son diferentes. Además, partiendo que la intención es tener sexo y por las formas de contacto (p.e. virtual) y encuentro (p.e. locales de sexo), entienden que los consentimientos pueden darse de manera diferente a la verbal o que están dados de manera tácita dentro de las propias dinámicas de relacionamiento socio-sexual, por eso no se reconocen como “víctimas” ni como “agresores”.

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“…In recent literature reviews, Krieger ( 2017 ) noted that only 28.1% of articles explicitly included non-consensual acts in researcher's operational definitions of sexting; Walker and Sleath ( 2017 ) identified only 18 empirical papers that examined the prevalence of non-consensual sharing of TMSIs. More recent research findings suggest that around 50% of adults reported receiving an unsolicited sexual message/image or genital image (Valiukas et al, 2019 ; Marcotte et al, 2020 ) and slightly fewer reported sending one (Oswald et al, 2019 ). In their literature review, Walker and Sleath ( 2017 ) found that between 1.1 and 6.3% of adult participants reported being the victim of non-consensual sharing (having a TMSI that one sent shared by someone else without the sender's consent), and between 1.4 and 16.3% reported sharing a TMSI they received from someone else without the sender's consent.…”

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Unsolicited Pics and Sexual Scripts: Gender and Relationship Context of Compliant and Non-consensual Technology-Mediated Sexual Interactions

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Technology-mediated sexual interaction (TMSI) refers to any partnered interaction that involves sending or receiving self-created, sexually explicit content using communication technology (e. g., sexting, cybersex). Most research on TMSI assumes that experiences are desired and consensual. However, it is likely that some people do not desire all their TMSI experiences but consent to them anyways (compliance), or experience non-consensual TMSIs. People also engage in TMSIs with different types of partners. According to the traditional sexual script (TSS), other-gender attracted women and men's non-consensual TMSI experiences should differ overall and depending on the relationship context of the experience. The goal of this study was to examine the role of sexual scripts in other-gender attracted women and men's non-consensual and compliant TMSI experiences with committed romantic partners (CRPs), known non-partners (KNPs), and strangers (Ss). Women (n = 331) and men (n = 120) completed an online survey with questions about lifetime prevalence of experiencing seven types of compliant and non-consensual TMSIs in each relationship context. Results of mixed ANOVAs revealed significant interactions: overall, more participants reported compliant TMSI with CRPs. More women than men had received a non-consensual TMSI from someone they were not in a committed relationship with, and more men than women reported sending non-consensual TMSIs to a stranger. Tests of unpaired proportions suggested that the prevalence of sending and receiving non-consensual TMSIs was discordant in the KNP and S contexts: both women and men received more non-consensual TMSIs from KNPs and Ss than the other-gender reported sending. Our findings suggest that gendered sexual scripts are evident in some, but not all, aspect of other-gender attracted women and men's compliant and non-consensual TMSI experiences.

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Women’s and Men’s Reactions to Receiving Unsolicited Genital Images from Men

Cited by 38 publications

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Technology and Sexual Offending

Technology and Sexual Offending

¿se Puede Hablar Realmente De Actos De “Violencia Sexual” en Los Contextos De Chemsex? Reflexiones Desde Los Entendimientos De Los Hombres Que Practican Chemsex Y La Cultura Sexual Gay

Unsolicited Pics and Sexual Scripts: Gender and Relationship Context of Compliant and Non-consensual Technology-Mediated Sexual Interactions

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