Media-Induced Sexual Harassment: The Routes from Sexually Objectifying Media to Sexual Harassment

Galdi, Silvia; Guizzo, Francesca

doi:10.1007/s11199-020-01196-0

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“…Our results indicate that women are almost twice as likely as men to experience SH. While men can also be subjected to SH, women are more frequently disempowered because of a lack of physical and economic strength, being in more vulnerable and unsafe situations, and suffering the consequences of a heteropatriarchal education and cultural system, so the sexual harasser is usually a man and the harassed person tends to be a woman [ 13 , 22 ].…”

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Prevalence of sexual harassment among young Spaniards before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown period in Spain

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Background Sexual harassment is a type of coercion, including social pressure, intimidation, physical force, and verbal acts, in addition to other forms such as cyber-harassment, recognized as a major important public health problem. Methods This cross-sectional study, based on a survey administered online to men and women aged 18 to 35 years and living in Spain throughout 15th and 28th October 2020, aims to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with sexual harassment among young people in Spain within the last 12 months, particularly according to the COVID-19 lockdown period. It has been conducted by bivariate analysis and robust Poisson regression models. The final sample includes 2.515 participants. Results The results indicate that women were almost twice as likely as men to experience sexual harassment (49% vs 22.2%). Also, among heterosexual men and women, the estimated prevalence was lower concerning that observed among bisexuals, gays, and lesbians (31.5% vs 53, 39.2, and 34.6% respectively). The prevalence percentage in the 18–24 age group was twice high as that observed in the 30–35 age group. Finally, during the lockdown period, the harassment through electronic channels increased (32.6% vs 16.5 and 17.8% before and after this period, respectively) and decreased on public roads (22.9% vs 63.4 and 54.4% pre-lockdown and post-lockdown periods, respectively). Conclusion These findings highlight that sexual harassment presents a high prevalence among young people, especially cyber-harassment, and workplace harassment and it is important to be aware that young women are more likely to suffer harassment and even more if they do not have a partner or have LGB orientation. During the lockdown sexual harassment has moved from public spaces to the social network.

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“…Women are suffering eve-teasing by the pedestrian, by their friends or even classmates while she walking on the street, at the market even at school, college, or university. Exposure to sexually objectifying media affects not only women's self-perception and activities but also the way women are perceived and treated by others (Galdi & Guizzo, 2020). This study draws a result among forty women, 77.5% stated that they were faced with body shaming and bad comments.…”

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“…Media that sexually objectify women by portraying them in ways that emphasize physical beauty and sexual readiness as well as reduce them to decorative and sexual objects have been traditionally identified by scholars as a powerful cultural risk factor encouraging sexual harassment and sexual violence (Galdi and Guizzo, 2020). Violence against women has become the reality of the present time in Bangladesh.…”

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Effects of Media Advertisement Representation of Womens’ Body Image on Violence against Women in Bangladesh

Sadia,

Jibon,

Parvez

2022

IJRISS

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In most societies, women are the victims of physical, sexual, psychological, and economic violence. Sexual abuse is the main obstacle to the achievement of their rights. Most of the advertisements on national television channels, newspapers, and magazines in Bangladesh were the depiction of a women’s body as a sexual thing. The present comprehensive study is to identify how advertisement represents women and its impact on woman’s identity construction. This research also investigates the effect of media advertisement on the young generation. This quantitative study was conducted, through 80 male and female students were randomly selected from the two reputed universities at Khulna in Bangladesh. This study found that about 80 percent of women and more than 77.5 percent of women were accordingly victims of sexual assault and faced body shaming. Women are always conscious about to be being thin-shaped body; consequently, they were dissatisfied with their body shape, which was calculated by almost about 70 percent of girls. Most of them (81.25%) men and their families looking for a bride consider girls with bright looks. This research observed that the viewpoint on women was all about the reflection of the media’s advertisement on society. This study will help to take initiatives where problems have arrived and how media advertisers promote the product more consciously which will maintain a certain cultural sentiment.

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“…Sexual objectification, harassment, aggressiveness, and coercion, particularly directed at women by men, is commonplace across multiple formats of media including television, film, books, blogs, magazines, and advertisements (Galdi & Guizzo, 2021). The present study ultimately highlighted one book in particular, The Art of Seduction (Greene, 2003), to represent popularized coercive messages in western media.…”

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The Art of Seduction: Male Endorsement of Coercive and Willful Sex Tactics

Starrett

Sperry

Galliher

2023

J Interpers Violence

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The body of sexual assault research historically focuses on survivors, specifically female survivors. Examining the beliefs of men who endorse sexually violent or coercive behavior fills an important gap in the literature. The current study surveyed 420 male participants on their endorsement of coercive dating tactics as provided in a best-selling men’s dating book, as well as endorsement of dating tactics generated from a sexual willingness framework. Overall, approximately 25% of male participants reported using or endorsing coercive sexual tactics. Several demographic factors and experiences related to higher endorsement of the coercive tactics, including past or present involvement in a fraternity, knowing a sexual assault perpetrator, affiliating with a religion, and frequent pornography viewing. The same individual factors related to endorsing the coercive tactics were associated with endorsing the willful tactics as well. Implications for greater representation in research for sexual minorities are discussed, as well as future direction for effective consent education.

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Media-Induced Sexual Harassment: The Routes from Sexually Objectifying Media to Sexual Harassment

Cited by 23 publications

References 204 publications

Prevalence of sexual harassment among young Spaniards before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown period in Spain

Prevalence of sexual harassment among young Spaniards before, during, and after the COVID-19 lockdown period in Spain

Effects of Media Advertisement Representation of Womens’ Body Image on Violence against Women in Bangladesh

The Art of Seduction: Male Endorsement of Coercive and Willful Sex Tactics

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