The advent and proliferation of digital technology, particularly social media, has provided a potential voice to voiceless people. This capacity enables public shaming of sexual perpetrators as evinced via public accusations leveled against celebrities regarding sexual harassment, which resulted in some celebrities losing work and suffering financially. Similar social movements that propagate publicly via social media provide the opportunity to better understand the scope and variance of the issues raised. For example, similar online social movements have focused upon self-disclosure of sexual harassment and assaults, which may assist in correcting these behaviors. More specifically, this process of online self-disclosure may help others to better understand the post-incident trauma and pain, which may result in changing societal norms as it pertains to such behavior. This research aims to examine the perception of users, specifically on Facebook, regarding online self-reporting of gender-based violence in Egypt and the potential mediated variables that affect the perception of these posts.
Mona Naguib (Sun,) studied this question.