Constructing sexual victimization : a thematic analysis of reader responses to a literary female-on-male rape story on Goodreads

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dc.contributor.authorTselenti, Danai
dc.contributor.authorCardoso, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Joana
dc.contributor.institutionCICANT - Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-13T19:04:41Z
dc.date.available2025-01-13T19:04:41Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
dc.description.abstractΤhe aim of this study was to provide a detailed understanding of unprompted audience responses to a literary story of female-on-male rape on Goodreads. Thematic analysis of 429 reviews revealed 6 key themes and 12 sub-themes, which evolved around appraising the social function of the book, evaluating its literary features, assessing the depiction of female-on-male rape especially in terms of its perceived realism, as well as around a variety of explicitly emotional and cognitive responses. The aesthetic features of the story proved to be of particular importance for shaping reader engagement. Reflective elaborations on the female rapist were found to constitute a marginal response pattern. Findings identified the existence of an overarching cognitive schema that construes sexual victimization as feminized and is linked to a tripartite pattern of comprehending female on- male rape (female-focused, gender-inclusive, gender-neutral). The study highlights the persistence of gendered rape myths structured around an "ideal victim" - "ideal offender" paradigm, which however co-exist with alternative responses oriented towards de-gendering sexual victimization. These findings suggest the importance of addressing audience responses in future investigations of female sexual violence (hands-on and hands-off behaviors) and pursuing an interventional agenda of more inclusive conceptualizations of victimization.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study is part of the project FEMOFFENCE – The myth of innocence: A mixed methods approach towards the understanding of female sexual offending behavior (PTDC/PSI-GER/28097/2017), supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) through national funds granted to the Principal Investigator Joana Carvalho.
dc.identifier.citationTselenti, D, Cardoso, D & Carvalho, J 2024, 'Constructing sexual victimization : a thematic analysis of reader responses to a literary female-on-male rape story on Goodreads', The Journal of Sex Research, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 374-388. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2172135
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2172135
dc.identifier.issn0022-4499
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10437/14978
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85147756329
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
dc.relation.ispartofThe Journal of Sex Research
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectCOMUNICAÇÃO
dc.subjectSEXUALIDADE
dc.subjectPSICOLOGIA EDUCACIONAL
dc.subjectABUSO SEXUAL
dc.subjectABUSO EMOCIONAL
dc.subjectPREVENÇÃO DE ABUSOS
dc.subjectVITIMAÇÃO
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION
dc.subjectSEXUALITY
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectSEXUAL ABUSE
dc.subjectEMOTIONAL ABUSE
dc.subjectPREVENTION OF ABUSE
dc.subjectVICTIMISATION
dc.subjectSDG 5 - Gender Equality
dc.titleConstructing sexual victimization : a thematic analysis of reader responses to a literary female-on-male rape story on Goodreadsen
dc.typearticle

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