{"id":16156,"date":"2024-07-15T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letslaw.es\/?p=16156"},"modified":"2024-07-04T08:03:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T08:03:35","slug":"gender-based-crimes-digital-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letslaw.es\/en\/gender-based-crimes-digital-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender-based crimes on the Internet: digital violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the United Nations (UN), women are 27 times more likely to be attacked online than men. In fact, it is estimated that gender-based violence that occurs in the digital realm has the same way of operating and the same effects as conventional violence that occurs in the physical realm. In practice, what has happened is that <\/span>there are now new channels through which the control or monitoring carried out by a partner can be amplified and intensified<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Violence in the virtual environment<\/span><\/h2>\n

Gender-based violence in the virtual environment manifests itself in a wide variety of ways, from the sending of threats or insults through the network, to <\/span>the publication of denigrating, misogynist and sexist comments, to the dissemination of compromising images of the victim<\/b> without her consent in a provocative or sexual attitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Several studies show that two out of ten Spanish women who have been victims of harassment or violence in the virtual environment claim to have received “inappropriate, humiliating, intimidating or offensive” messages or insinuations through social networks such as Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, as well as through instant messaging applications such as WhatsApp or emails.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The fact that these behaviors are exacerbated in the network lies in <\/span>the absence of limits, the speed at which the threat circulates<\/b> and communication occurs between the harasser and his victim, the transnationality and the feeling of “anonymity” available to the cybercriminal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Types of gender-based cyber-violence<\/span><\/h2>\n

Some of the most common types of <\/span>gender-based violence<\/span><\/a> that occur in virtual environments include:<\/span><\/p>\n