“It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming
Abstract The article presents the results of part of the research conducted for the European Union Horizon 2020 project RAYUELA on cybercrime and minors, analysed from a gender perspective. Using a qualitative approach in eight preliminary discussion groups with adolescents in different European cou...
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| description | Abstract The article presents the results of part of the research conducted for the European Union Horizon 2020 project RAYUELA on cybercrime and minors, analysed from a gender perspective. Using a qualitative approach in eight preliminary discussion groups with adolescents in different European countries (Estonia, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Slovakia), and a second phase of further investigation through quantitative analysis of a representative survey in Madrid (N = 682) and Estonia (N = 415), we expose the gender differences both in victimisation (higher in girls and non-heterosexual youth) and in aggression (higher in boys) related to different forms of online violence including cyberbullying, hate speech, and online grooming. These differences can be understood as forms of violence that are sustained while promoting gender normativity. We discuss three conclusions: 1. Online violence as a practice that reinforces gender roles; 2. The trivialisation of symbolic violence through humour and consequent victim blaming; and 3. The effects that differential discourse on risk can have on the construction of sexuality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f77fe1bdb134800bf89648ff99267312025-08-20T02:39:02ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922025-05-0112111410.1057/s41599-025-04928-3“It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online groomingMaría Reneses0María Riberas-Gutiérrez1Nereida Bueno-Guerra2Institute for Research in Technology (IIT), ICAI Engineering School, Universidad Pontificia ComillasCardenal Cisneros University CentreFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, Universidad Pontificia ComillasAbstract The article presents the results of part of the research conducted for the European Union Horizon 2020 project RAYUELA on cybercrime and minors, analysed from a gender perspective. Using a qualitative approach in eight preliminary discussion groups with adolescents in different European countries (Estonia, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Slovakia), and a second phase of further investigation through quantitative analysis of a representative survey in Madrid (N = 682) and Estonia (N = 415), we expose the gender differences both in victimisation (higher in girls and non-heterosexual youth) and in aggression (higher in boys) related to different forms of online violence including cyberbullying, hate speech, and online grooming. These differences can be understood as forms of violence that are sustained while promoting gender normativity. We discuss three conclusions: 1. Online violence as a practice that reinforces gender roles; 2. The trivialisation of symbolic violence through humour and consequent victim blaming; and 3. The effects that differential discourse on risk can have on the construction of sexuality.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04928-3 |
| spellingShingle | María Reneses María Riberas-Gutiérrez Nereida Bueno-Guerra “It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| title | “It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming |
| title_full | “It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming |
| title_fullStr | “It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming |
| title_full_unstemmed | “It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming |
| title_short | “It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming |
| title_sort | it s just a joke gender sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate cyberbullying and online grooming |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-04928-3 |
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