ABSTRACT

This paper draws upon a qualitative study with 144 young people in seven different research schools in England, exploring how cis-heteronormative homosocial masculinity practices shape digital sexual image exchange. We examine three types of practices: 1) boys asking girls for nudes (pressurized sexting, which we position as online sexual harassment); 2) transactional nude solicitation (boys sending dick pics and asking girls for nudes, which we position as image based sexual harassment and cyberflashing); 3) non-consensual sharing of girls and boys nude images (which we position as image based sexual abuse, showing the differential impacts with lasting sexual stigma worse for girls). Our findings confirm earlier research that demonstrated homosocial masculinity currency is gained via the non-consensual sharing of images of girls’ bodies. We also investigate the more recent rise of male nudes (dick pics) and how a homosocial culture of humour and lad banter tends to lessen the sexual stigmatization of leaked dick pics. We argue providing boys with time and space to reflect on homosocial masculinity performances is crucial for disrupting these practices and our conclusions outline new UK school guidance for tackling online sexual harassment, cyberflashing and image-based sexual abuse.

摘要

本文利用对英格兰七所不同研究学校的 144 名年轻人进行的定性研究，探索顺式-异性恋同性社会男性气质实践如何塑造数字性图像交换。我们研究了三种类型的做法：1）男孩向女孩索要裸体（压力性色情短信，我们将其定位为在线性骚扰）；2) 交易性裸体招揽（男孩发送鸡巴照片并向女孩索要裸体，我们将其定位为基于图像的性骚扰和网络闪现）；3) 未经同意分享女孩和男孩的裸体图像（我们将其定位为基于图像的性虐待，显示出对女孩的持久性污名的不同影响）。我们的研究结果证实了早期的研究表明，通过非自愿分享女孩身体的图像来获得同性恋男性气质货币。我们还调查了最近男性裸体（鸡巴照片）的兴起，以及幽默和小伙子开玩笑的同性恋文化如何倾向于减少泄露的鸡巴照片的性污名化。我们认为，为男孩提供时间和空间来反思同性恋男子气概的表现对于破坏这些做法至关重要，我们的结论概述了英国学校处理在线性骚扰、网络闪现和基于图像的性虐待的新指南。