Prevention of Sexual Violence

Unintended Effects of Institutional Campaigns

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https://doi.org/10.62701/revsocial.v14.5594

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Sexual violence, Sexual violence myths, Culture of rape, Comprehensive response, Prevention, Institutional communication, Purple points

Abstract

This paper critically examines institutional sexual violence prevention campaigns focused on Purple Points in the province of Alicante during the 2020-2025 period. Through content analysis, it shows that rather than transforming the problem, these initiatives, by shifting responsibility for self-protection onto women and concentrating risk in nightlife settings, tend, unintentionally, to reproduce logics of rape culture. It concludes that such strategies may reinforce persistent myths and highlights the need to reorient prevention towards structural and community-based approaches, involving the women’s movement and framing sexual violence clearly as a crime, pointing perpetrators as responsible.

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12-11-2026

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Monllor Jiménez, M., Fabregat-Cabrera, M. E., Gil Portolés, V., & Jiménez Delgado, M. (2026). Prevention of Sexual Violence: Unintended Effects of Institutional Campaigns. SOCIAL REVIEW. International Social Sciences Review Revista Internacional De Ciencias Sociales, 14(2), 203–215. https://doi.org/10.62701/revsocial.v14.5594

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2026)

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