‘Directly in Your Face’: A Qualitative Study on the Sending and Receiving of Unsolicited ‘Dick Pics’ Among Young Adults
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Both IBSH and IBSA stem from aggressive and predatory, homosocial masculinity practices and competitive, heterosexual peer hierarchies, with more harmful effects for girls.
“Both stem from aggressive and predatory, homosocial masculinity practices (Hayes & Dragiewicz, 2018; Mandau, 2019) and competitive, heterosexual peer hierarchies (Ringrose & Harvey, 2015) with more harmful effects for girls.”
From Young people's experiences of image-based sexual harassment and abuse in England and Canada: Toward a feminist framing of technologically facilitated sexual violence (2022) · cites this paper as Mandau, 2019
Prior studies found similar negative reactions to dick pics: Burkett's (2015) qualitative study with girls calling dick pic senders creeps and weirdos; Marcotte et al.'s (2021) study of adult women describing being grossed out and disrespected; and Mandau's (2019) study of aged 17 and above participants finding dick pics repulsive, shocking, and intrusive.
“The negative reactions align with Burkett ' s (2015) qualitative study with girls calling dick pic senders ' creeps ' and ' weirdos ' (p. 848); Marcotte et al.'s (2021) study of adult women participants who described being ' grossed out ' and feeling ' disrespected ' and Mandau ' s (2019) study of aged 17 and above participants who found dick pics ' repulsive, ' ' shocking, ' and ' intru”
From Young people's experiences of image-based sexual harassment and abuse in England and Canada: Toward a feminist framing of technologically facilitated sexual violence (2022) · cites this paper as Mandau, 2019
Recent research has highlighted that motivation to send dick pics is primarily to receive nude pictures in return from girls.
“This aligns with recent research that has highlighted motivation to send dick pics is primarily to receive nude pictures in return from girls (Salter, 2016, 2017; Mandau, 2019; Oswald et al., 2019).”
From Young people's experiences of image-based sexual harassment and abuse in England and Canada: Toward a feminist framing of technologically facilitated sexual violence (2022) · cites this paper as Mandau, 2019
There has been limited research on adolescent girls' experiences of receiving dick pics.
“there has been limited research on this age group (Madigan et al., 2018).”
From Teen Girls’ Experiences Negotiating the Ubiquitous Dick Pic: Sexual Double Standards and the Normalization of Image Based Sexual Harassment (2021) · cites this paper as Mandau, 2020
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- Authors
- Mandau, M. B. H.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Mandau, Morten Birk Hansen
- Venue
- Sexuality & Culture
- Published
- 2019-06-24
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 72-93
- ISSN
- 1095-5143 (ISSN-L)
- 1936-4822
- OpenAlex
- W2950935539
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 10.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sexuality & Culture (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- sexting, young adults, male nudity, humor, flirting, hooking up, sexual harassment, gender differences in sexual behavior
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