This article is a critical feminist study focusing on illustrating how college students who identify as Latinx and women perceive barriers to help-seeking should they experience sexual violence. With this study, we address a gap in the research on help-seeking after sexual assault. The majority of research on this topic focuses on the experiences of European American women and is based on survey data. This study focuses on the perceptions and experiences of Latinx women attending a large, state institution. For data collection, we conducted focus groups and individual interviews. We used grounded theory methods for the data analysis, which resulted in the emergence of one primary category, avoiding shame, and two subcategories (prioritizing the family and prizing virginity). The findings from this study demonstrate how the study participants view prioritizing the family and prizing virginity as barriers to seeking help for sexual assault. These barriers protect the women and their families from experiencing shame. We conclude the article with practice and research implications grounded in the results of this study.

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将性暴力后寻求帮助的障碍情境化：一项针对拉丁裔大学女性的批判性女权主义研究

这篇文章是一项批判性的女权主义研究，重点是说明被认定为拉丁裔和女性的大学生如何看待遭遇性暴力时寻求帮助的障碍。通过这项研究，我们解决了性侵犯后寻求帮助研究中的空白。大多数关于该主题的研究都集中在欧洲裔美国女性的经历上，并基于调查数据。本研究侧重于参加大型国家机构的拉丁裔女性的看法和经历。为了收集数据，我们进行了焦点小组和个人访谈。我们使用扎根理论方法进行数据分析，导致出现了一个主要类别，避免羞耻，以及两个子类别（优先家庭和重视童贞）。这项研究的结果表明，研究参与者如何看待优先考虑家庭和珍视童贞作为寻求性侵犯帮助的障碍。这些障碍保护妇女及其家人免受羞辱。我们总结了基于本研究结果的实践和研究意义。