Overview
- Spain’s Youth and Gender Barometer reports that among victims, 44% of young women cite mental-health problems versus 19.6% of young men, with higher female rates across sexual coercion, control and humiliation.
- Women identify gender-based violence more often than men by margins of 10 to 30 points, and they report a greater accumulation of multiple forms of abuse.
- A separate national survey of 6,000 people finds young males are the least concerned about partner violence, with 11% not considering forced sex violence and 14% not viewing pushing, hitting or threatening a girlfriend as abuse.
- Majorities link rising youth violence to early exposure to pornography (55%) and social-media content (51%), while 83% see technology as a tool for control and 92% say online content fosters new forms of abuse; 80% back strict age checks and 71% favor default parental controls.
- Reporting rates remain low, with fewer than 20% of cases reaching authorities or social services and under 2.5% of complaints coming from family or friends.