The newest frontier for sexual harassment: the metaverse. Here's what's happening, and what tech companies might work on to combat it, writes WendyPatrickPhD
abuse including everything from verbal to sexual abuse. London-based female researcher Nina Jane Patel shared her experience in her own words on Medium of being “verbally and sexually harassed” within 60 seconds of joining, by three to four male avatars, with male voices, who “virtually gang raped" her avatar and took photos, and when Patel tried to get away, they yelled “don’t pretend you didn’t love it” and other crude remarks.
In their research, they found that characteristics of online harassment can significantly impact user experiences. These characteristics include physical behaviors, forcedSignificantly, Freeman et al. explain that virtual reality’s focus on creating a simulated immersive experience may cause harassing behaviors to feel more realistic, and therefore potentially more
. They distinguish between physical proximity between avatars on a computer screen, which may not be viewed as harassment, versus real-time uninvited spatial proximity due to the direct link between a person’s physical body and avatar body.Trauma resulting from virtual sexual assault does not dissipate once a user removes his or her goggles.
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