Slut Shaming Sexual Victimization

• In Event: 308 - Section on Sociology of Sex and Gender Refereed Roundtable Session and Business Meeting
  In Refereed Roundtable 60min: Table 04. Gender, Sexuality, and Identity: Session II

Abstract

Studies of victim blaming with regard to sexual assault and rape are not new to sociology, the tendency to sympathize with ideal victims has been established. The implications of stigmatizing shaming for the control of sexual behavior is an area that deserves further exploration, especially within victimology. By analyzing commentary made in response to news stories about the sexual victimization of women, patterns of "slut-shaming" become apparent. This study establishes these patterns while framing the implications using reintegrative shaming theory.

Author

• Chivon H Fitch, Indiana University of Pennsylvania