Abstract
In the context of expanding preventative strategies for addressing sexual violence, we are witnessing the emergence of an array of new anti-rape technologies targeted at women. These tools, promoted primarily through the internet, include a variety of apps for mobile phones, signal and alarm emitting wearable technologies, and internal and external body devices. Based on analyses of websites promoting such instruments, we critically examine these devices with respect to their possible benefits, limitations and unintended physical, social and legal consequences for women. We suggest that unanticipated outcomes may undermine both victims and their cases; those the technologies are ostensibly designed to help.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1120-1140 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Violence against Women |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Early online date | 21 Jul 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2020 |
Keywords
- rape
- sexual assault
- prevention
- technologies
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Law
- Gender Studies
- Sociology and Political Science
Documents and Links
- White, D. & McMillan, L. (2019) Innovating the problem away? A critical study of anti-rape technologies
Copyright © 2019, the Author(s). This is the a post-peer review, pre-copy edited version of the article published in Violence Against Women and may differ slightly from the final published version of the work. This work is made available in line with the publisher policy.
