One area where sexual abuse has been understudied is among women ridesharing drivers in the United States, where they commonly face what is known as technology-facilitated gender-based violence from mostly male riders. A key research question is how these male passengers respond when women drivers fight back through confrontation. This study uses 47 incidents of sexual abuse from 25 drivers from an online survey to demonstrate that perpetrators are most likely to resist (continue their abuse), followed by a smaller number where they attempt to remedy the situation, and least frequently retaliate against their drivers.
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