Online Sexual Violence in Egypt
Documenting and Analyzing Incidents of Online Sexual Coercion and Extortion (2019-2022)
Lack of Gender-Sensitive Language: It has been shown, through published news
about cyber-extortion crimes, that journalists use nuanced words in formulating
news and press reports that contribute to reinforcing stereotypes and
misconceptions and increasing bias against marginalized groups (women or
survivors of violence in particular). It has been noted that the language used in
press releases when addressing female victims/survivors of OSCE blames or
shames her as a victim, in contrast to male victims/survivors, who, when
published, are written about with respect, ambiguity, and occasionally a degree
of praise. Below are some of the translated headlines of OSCE narrated reports
assessed for this study:
When the victim/
survivor is a woman
When the victim/
survivor is a man
3 years imprisonment for a male
accused of extorting his fiancée
by publishing her lewd immoral
pictures
A man arrested for blackmailing
another with private pictures of
his son on Facebook
A girl residing in haram commits
suicide after she was blackmailed
with her sexual pictures by a
footballer in a famous football club
Ongoing investigations regarding
a worker and his wife blackmailing
a young man in Giza
He threatened her with her naked
pictures … a girl accuses a guy of
blackmailing her after their secret
marriage in Matrouh
The defendant accused of
blackmailing a doctor with videos
and photos was referred to felony
court
A Woman files a report against her
ex-husband from a secret marriage
accusing him of blackmailing her with
exposing pictures of hers
Giza’s stud .. interesting
confessions about having sexual
relations with different women
and filming them
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