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Youth and Sexual Consent Online: A Qualitative Focus-Group Study (presented in Panel: Understanding and Preventing Sexual Aggression in Young People)
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Social Work (SA). Malmö University, Centre for Sexology and Sexuality Studies (CSS).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4733-6487
2022 (English)In: Book of Abstracts: International Academy of Sex Research Forty-Eighth Annual Conference, International Academy of Sex Research , 2022Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In 2018, Sweden removed the use of force or violence from the sexual offences law. Sexual consent, as a legal construct, became based on the lack of voluntariness or willingness rather than the occurrence of violence or threat. Sexual consent is a complex and situational social process; explicit verbal consent is the exception rather than the rule in sexual interactions. Research on consent in relation to sexually aggressive online practices (e.g., unsolicited dick-pics or nudes) is lacking, especially within youth populations. Sexual aggression among youth is significantly tied to online interactions, and young people navigate sexually aggressive environments and cultures on a daily basis. Sexual abuse can occur solely online or through mediated technologies. But online technologies can also be used in sexually violent behaviour that transcends the internet or the mediated interaction itself, such as in grooming cases or as part of intimate partner violence perpetuated over time. In a Swedish context, civil society organizations point to how technologies are central to controlling and violent intimate partner violence among youth. However, a large part of young people’s romantic and sexual lives take place online. Therefore, studies of sexually aggressive practices online need to understand the issue from this perspective. The purpose of the study is to explore how young people negotiate sexual consent in online contexts and/or through mediated technologies. This includes situations such as sending and receiving sexual texts, images or videos, but also engaging in various forms of sexual interactions and negotiations online. The study will further explore how young people’s possibilities to negotiate sexual consent in these contexts are conditioned by their belonging to social categories such as gender, age, sexuality, class, functionality and race/ethnicity. The study will employ focus-group interviews using a vignette-method, as well as individual follow-up interviews. 

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International Academy of Sex Research , 2022.
Keywords [en]
Youth, Sexuality, Sexual consent, Internet, Technology
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Social Work
Research subject
Health and society
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-55272OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-55272DiVA, id: diva2:1700937
Conference
The 48th Annual IASR (International Academy of Sex Research) Conference; Reykavik, Iceland; July 6-9, 2022
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Malmö UniversityAvailable from: 2022-10-04 Created: 2022-10-04 Last updated: 2024-06-11Bibliographically approved

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