Citation

Hill C, Johnson H. Violence Against Women 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

University of Ottawa, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219870608

PMID

31514633

Abstract

Cyber space is an ever-expanding mode of perpetrating sexualized violence toward women. This article empirically examines the applicability of Susan Brownmiller's adaptation of the theory of social control to online interpersonal victimization (OIV) against women. Multiple regression analysis identified predictors of behaviors indicative of social control among a Canadian sample.

FINDINGS suggest that the theory of social control, which has been applied to violence against women in physical space, is applicable to OIV. This study also provides insights into the separate and compound effects of physical space and cyber space victimizations on women and identifies implications for improving methods and building theories for addressing violence against women in cyber space.

Language: en

Keywords

cyber harassment; gendered violence; online interpersonal victimization; social control