Sexual Harrasment of Men and Boys

NimishApte · 2022-10-16T12:40:52+00:00

From the abstract:

The present research explored female perpetrated sexual harrasment of young male victims. Across two studies, male participants aged 16-23 reported that they had experienced a range of unwanted sexual attraction from unknown female perpetrators, including both in person harrasment (eg. seductivev behavior, catcalls, unwanted sexual touching) and online harrasment (eg. unsolicited sexual text messages and images, requests for nude self photos). Participants reported that in person sexual harrasment began as young as age 9-12 and online harrasment began between age 12-14. Open ended descriptions of these events revealed touching troubling narratives of non consensual sexual touching, forcibly removed clothing, groping, aggression and being followed, with much of it being committed by adult women. Participants recounted being asked, in adolescence to sending nude photos and persistent sexual demands from older women. In addition, participants reported uncertainty with gender role expectations believing they were supposed to enjoy sexual attention but in reality finding it disturbing and unpleasant.

This paper debunks the widely held myth that sexual harrasment is gendered and not perpetrated on men and boys. It's pretty necessary that any strategy to deal with sexual harrasment must be gender neutral and take into account the unique experiences of men and boys.

NimishApte · 2022-10-16T13:47:05+00:00

https://t.co/bp4u5RJyPl

For the people having paywall problems

nam24 · 2022-10-16T14:29:36+00:00

Paywall so no idea what they actually say in details

As the abstract highlights the young age of the first instances(which is unfortunately not surprising) I wonder how much that follows in later years

Also would like to know methodology since if it's online knowing the perpetrator characteristics might be harder

Personally "lucky" not to have had experienced that as a young kid though my parents were vigilant on that front both for my sister and I(also was not on social media much before adulthood, at best some forums so it might have played)

Though in highschool i did have one time where girls my age smacked my butt in public as part of a bet and they thought nothing of it.

Didn't think much about that at the time though I was pissed, but I didn't want to raise a fuss about that, and truthfully I didn't feel personally it was that much of a big deal. I was aware of the double standard of course but that was about it. It didn't repeat itself either so there's that

LawUntoChaos · 2022-10-16T13:44:33+00:00

I wish the actual paper itself wasn't behind a paywall. Would be interesting to read more. It is worth being aware of nonetheless.

hotpotato138 · 2022-10-16T13:34:41+00:00

Good article! It validates my subjective experience.

Ok_Line_886 · 2022-10-18T05:33:39+00:00

During college, I was held down and forced to make out with a girl in public, with people walking by. Of course I couldn't shove her off me because every white knight within 100 yards would have jumped on me and beat me to a pulp in order to "rescue" her.

It wasn't the worst thing that can happen to a person, but it was unnerving. It was extremely uncomfortable. Nobody gave a shit.

niblizx · 2022-10-16T22:38:16+00:00

Can anyone post the prevalence and frequency results?

Title	Sexual Harrasment of Men and Boys
Author	NimishApte
Upvotes	93
Comments	12
Date	October 16, 2022 12:27 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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