From Non-Traditional Sexual Behavior to Non-Legitimate Victims: Moral Virtue, Victim Blame, and Helping Intentions Toward a Woman Victim of Image-Based Sexual Abuse.

Autor: Pacilli MG; Department of Political Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Elce Di Sotto, 06123, Perugia, Italy. maria.pacilli@unipg.it., Pagliaro S; Department of Psychology, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy., Giovannelli I; Department of Psychology, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy., Spaccatini F; Department of Political Sciences, University of Perugia, Via Elce Di Sotto, 06123, Perugia, Italy., Berlin E; Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy., Rollero C; Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of sexual behavior [Arch Sex Behav] 2024 Nov; Vol. 53 (10), pp. 4079-4088. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 05.
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-02970-x
Abstrakt: Image-based sexual abuse represents an increasingly common form of gender-based violence, consisting of the act of non-consensually capturing, distributing, or threatening to distribute sexually explicit material depicting another person. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how women victims' noncompliance with traditional female sexuality influences bystanders' perceptions of the phenomenon. Specifically, we experimentally examined whether a woman's sexual agency (high vs. low) and the length (steady vs. transient) of the relationship with the perpetrator affected her moral evaluation, victim blaming, and participants' willingness to support her. A sample of 597 adults (65.7% women, M age  = 31.29 years) took part in the study. The findings indicated that while a transient (vs. steady) relationship with the perpetrator significantly lowered the woman's perceived moral virtue and increased the extent to which she was blamed for the incident, a high (vs. low) woman's sexual agency decreased participants' helping intentions towards her. Additionally, results showed that men were less likely than women to attribute moral virtue and help the victim. Lastly, through the mediation of moral virtue and victim blaming, the length of the relationship indirectly influenced participants' helping intentions.
Competing Interests: Declarations. Ethical Approval: The study followed the ethical principles of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. The University of Turin Bioethics Committee approved the study protocol. Conflict of interest: No conflicts of interest to declare.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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