Title page
Contents
Acknowledgements 6
Acronyms and abbreviations 7
Abstract 8
Executive summary 9
Method 9
Results 11
Discussion 14
Introduction 15
Methods 18
Definitions and measures of sexual harassment, aggression and violence 18
Analysis 20
Limitations 20
Sample characteristics 21
Online DAFSV 24
Online sexual harassment 25
Abusive and threatening language 27
Online image-based sexual abuse 29
Online stalking 30
Co-occurrence of different types of online DAFSV 31
In-person DAFSV 34
Sexual assault and coercion 35
Reproductive and sexual health-related abuse 37
In-person image-based sexual abuse 39
In-person stalking 40
Co-occurrence of different types of in-person DAFSV 40
Co-occurrence of online and in-person DAFSV 43
Perpetrator blocking, unmatching or deleting their account 45
Discussion 48
Conclusion 52
References 53
Appendix: Survey tool 57
Table 1. Online and in-person sexual harassment, aggression and violence behaviours 19
Table 2. Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents 22
Table 3. Prevalence of online sexual harassment victimisation among respondents, by type of online DAFSV and gender and sexuality 26
Table 4. Prevalence of abusive and threatening language victimisation among respondents, by type of online DAFSV and gender and sexuality 28
Table 5. Prevalence of online image-based sexual abuse victimisation among respondents, by type of online DAFSV and gender and sexuality 29
Table 6. Prevalence of online stalking victimisation among respondents, by type of online DAFSV and gender and sexuality 31
Table 7. Number of online DAFSV behaviours experienced by respondents 32
Table 8. Prevalence of co-occurring online types of DAFSV 33
Table 9. Prevalence of sexual assault and coercion victimisation among respondents, by type of DAFSV and gender and sexuality 36
Table 10. Prevalence of reproductive and sexual health-related abuse victimisation among respondents, by type of in-person DAFSV and gender and sexuality 38
Table 11. Prevalence of in-person image-based sexual abuse victimisation among respondents, by gender and sexuality 39
Table 12. Prevalence of in-person stalking victimisation among respondents, by gender and sexuality 40
Table 13. Number of in-person DAFSV behaviours experienced by respondents 41
Table 14. Prevalence of co-occurring in-person types of DAFSV 42
Figure 1. Prevalence of online DAFSV among respondents, by gender and sexuality 24
Figure 2. Prevalence of repeat online sexual harassment victimisation, by type of online DAFSV 27
Figure 3. Prevalence of repeat online abusive and threatening language victimisation, by type of online DAFSV 28
Figure 4. Prevalence of repeat online image-based sexual abuse victimisation, by type of online DAFSV 30
Figure 5. Prevalence of repeat online stalking victimisation among respondents, by type of online DAFSV 31
Figure 6. Mean number of online DAFSV behaviours experienced by respondents, by gender and sexuality 32
Figure 7. Prevalence of experiencing in-person DAFSV among respondents, by gender and sexuality 35
Figure 8. Prevalence of repeat sexual assault and coercion among respondents, by type of in-person DAFSV 37
Figure 9. Prevalence of repeat reproductive and sexual health-related abuse among respondents, by type of in-person DAFSV 38
Figure 10. Prevalence of repeat in-person image-based sexual abuse among respondents 39
Figure 11. Prevalence of repeat in-person stalking among respondents 40
Figure 12. Mean number of in-person DAFSV behaviours experienced by respondents, by gender and sexuality 41
Figure 13. Co-occurrence of online and in-person experiences of DAFSV 43
Figure 14. Co-occurrence of online and in-person experiences of DAFSV, by gender and sexuality 44
Figure 15. Prevalence of perpetrator unmatching, blocking or deleting their account to remove conversation history after an incident of DAFSV 46
Figure 16. Prevalence of perpetrator unmatching, blocking or deleting their account to remove conversation history after an incident of DAFSV, by gender and sexuality 47
Figure 17. Summary of key findings 51