TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘It's like you're almost being exposed to a flasher’ – Young people's experiences with gendered vulnerability and digital sexual harassment in Denmark
AU - Johansen, Katrine Bindesbøl Holm
AU - Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Tine
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - This paper explores the gendered dynamics and impacts of online and offline sexual harassment based on fieldwork among young people in Denmark. The paper argues that harm related to sexual harassment relies on the embodied duality of agency and vulnerability as the foundation for humans' sense of dignity. This argument is developed first by exploring how unwanted ‘dick pics’ confront girls with a gendered vulnerability that impacts girls' sense of dignity. Second the paper shows that boys' solicitation of girls' ‘nudes’ is related to a gendered vulnerability for both girls and boys. Finally, unwanted sexual attention that moves between the online and the offline arena is enabled by gendered values, norms and meanings related to heterosexuality.
AB - This paper explores the gendered dynamics and impacts of online and offline sexual harassment based on fieldwork among young people in Denmark. The paper argues that harm related to sexual harassment relies on the embodied duality of agency and vulnerability as the foundation for humans' sense of dignity. This argument is developed first by exploring how unwanted ‘dick pics’ confront girls with a gendered vulnerability that impacts girls' sense of dignity. Second the paper shows that boys' solicitation of girls' ‘nudes’ is related to a gendered vulnerability for both girls and boys. Finally, unwanted sexual attention that moves between the online and the offline arena is enabled by gendered values, norms and meanings related to heterosexuality.
U2 - 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102954
DO - 10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102954
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0277-5395
VL - 105
JO - Women's Studies International Forum
JF - Women's Studies International Forum
M1 - 102954
ER -