Image-based sexual abuse represents an increasingly common form of gender-based violence, consisting of the act of non-consensually capturing, distributing, or threatening to distribute sexually explicit material depicting another person. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how women victims’ noncompliance with traditional female sexuality influences bystanders’ perceptions of the phenomenon. Specifically, we experimentally examined whether a woman’s sexual agency (high vs. low) and the length (steady vs. transient) of the relationship with the perpetrator affected her moral evaluation, victim blaming, and participants’ willingness to support her. A sample of 597 adults (65.7% women, M_age = 31.29 years) took part in the study. The findings indicated that while a transient (vs. steady) relationship with the perpetrator significantly lowered the woman’s perceived moral virtue and increased the extent to which she was blamed for the incident, a high (vs. low) woman’s sexual agency decreased participants’ helping intentions towards her. Additionally, results showed that men were less likely than women to attribute moral virtue and help the victim. Lastly, through the mediation of moral virtue and victim blaming, the length of the relationship indirectly influenced participants’ helping intentions.

基于图像的性虐待是一种越来越常见的基于性别的暴力形式，包括未经同意拍摄、分发或威胁分发描绘他人的露骨色情材料的行为。本研究的目的是调查女性受害者对传统女性性行为的不依从如何影响旁观者对这一现象的看法。具体来说，我们实验性地检查了女性的性能动性（高与低）和与肇事者关系的时长（稳定与短暂）是否会影响她的道德评价、受害者责备和参与者支持她的意愿。597 名成年人 （65.7% 女性，M_年龄 = 31.29 岁） 的样本参与了这项研究。研究结果表明，虽然与肇事者的短暂（相对于稳定）关系显着降低了女性的感知道德美德，并增加了她因事件而受到指责的程度，但高（相对于低）女性的性能能动性降低了参与者对她的帮助意图。此外，结果表明，男性比女性更不可能归因于道德美德并帮助受害者。最后，通过道德美德和受害者责备的调解，关系的长短间接影响了参与者的帮助意图。