Digital Violations

Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence in Canadian Sport

Bibliographic Data

ID12437839
AuthorsAndrea Quinlan (0009-0007-9382-9609, University of Waterloo, corresponding author), Curtis Fogel (University of Waterloo)
Year2026
Volume32
Issue8
Pages10778012261425945-10778012261425945
Publication date2026-03-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/10778012261425945
PMID41804747
OpenAlexW7134809736
LanguageEN
References cited61

Through an analysis of 91 publicly reported legal cases of technology-facilitated sexual violence against women and children in Canadian sport, this paper examines the role that digital technologies play in sexual violence in sport and the criminal legal response to it. Drawing on feminist perspectives on law, sport, and gender-based violence and Science and Technology Studies, the paper explores how digital technologies can facilitate violence within sporting cultures commonly characterized by misogyny and toxic masculinities, and have varying impacts in a criminal legal system where digital evidence may be viewed as more credible than the victims reporting harm. Through this analysis, this paper reveals the intersections of technology, sexual violence, sport, and the law

Domestic violence · Poison control · Sexual abuse · Sexual assault · Sexual violence · Digital Games and Media · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society

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