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Sexual assault enters virtual reality

  • Written by Katherine Cross, Ph.D. Student in Sociology, City University of New York

Although various forms of online sexual harassment have been with us since the dawn of the internet, recent news suggests that it’s moving into another dimension – the third, to be precise. Gropers are now finding a way to target women through the fully immersive headsets of virtual reality.

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