eprintid: 10132397
rev_number: 14
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/10/13/23/97
datestamp: 2021-08-04 13:25:21
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status_changed: 2021-08-04 13:25:21
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Ringrose, J
creators_name: Regehr, K
creators_name: Whitehead, S
title: Teen Girls' Experiences Negotiating the Ubiquitous Dick Pic: Sexual Double Standards and the Normalization of Image Based Sexual Harassment
ispublished: inpress
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J80
keywords: Adolescents, Arts based qualitative methods, Dick pics, Focus groups, Image-based sexual harassment, Sexting, Sexual double standards, Social media
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abstract: A range of important studies have recently explored adult women’s experiences of receiving unwanted dick pics (Amundsen, 2020). However, to date there has been limited research that has explored teen girls’ experiences of receiving unwanted penis images in depth. To address this gap we draw upon our findings from a qualitative study using focus group interviews and arts based drawing methods to explore social media image sharing practices with 144 young people aged 11–18 in seven secondary schools in England. We argue that being bombarded with unwanted dick pics on social media platforms like Snapchat normalises harassing practices as signs of desirability and popularity for girls, but suggest that being sent unsolicited dick pics from boys at school is more difficult for girls to manage or report than ignoring or blocking random older senders. We also found that due to sexual double standards girls were not able to leverage dick pics for status in the same way boys can use girls’ nudes as social currency, since girls faced the possibility of being shamed for being known recipients of dick pics. Finally we explore how some girls challenge abusive elements of toxic masculinity in the drawing sessions and our conclusion argues that unwanted dick pics should always be understood as forms of image based sexual harassment.
date: 2021-07-23
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-021-01236-3
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
pmcid: PMC8299453
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1879156
doi: 10.1007/s11199-021-01236-3
pii: 1236
lyricists_name: Ringrose, Jessica
lyricists_id: JLRIN58
actors_name: Barczynska, Patrycja
actors_id: PBARC91
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Sex Roles
event_location: United States
citation:        Ringrose, J;    Regehr, K;    Whitehead, S;      (2021)    Teen Girls' Experiences Negotiating the Ubiquitous Dick Pic: Sexual Double Standards and the Normalization of Image Based Sexual Harassment.                   Sex Roles        10.1007/s11199-021-01236-3 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-021-01236-3>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
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