Psychological and Social Effects of Electronic Extortion of Women in the Yemeni Society

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the psychological and social effects resulting from electronic extortion of women in the Yemeni society. To achieve the study objective, the descriptive analytical method was adopted, and the study tool was built, and its validity and reliability coefficients were tested using SPSS. The study tool was administered to a sample of (188) individuals, who were selected randomly. The sample covered female students, faculty members, psychological counselors, university professors, and secondary school female teachers. The study results showed that the participants’ responses to all aspects of electronic extorting of women (i.e., causes, psychological and social effects, ways of confrontation, and the victim’s reaction) were high. The results also revealed that there were no differences in the levels of psychological and social effects attributed to the participants’ variable type, which indicates that there was homogeneity and agreement about the effects resulting from extortion. This also shows that the study participants have a high degree of awareness of the consequences of the spread of this phenomenon and its harms to individual women and the society as a whole. The study calls for combatting the crime of electronic extortion of women.