Sexual harassment has been recognized as a significant social issue. In recent years, the emergence of harassment in social virtual reality (VR) has become an important and urgent research topic. We employed a mixed-methods approach by conducting online surveys with VR users (N = 166) and semi-structured interviews with social VR users (N = 18) to investigate how users perceive sexual harassment in social VR, focusing on the influence of avatar appearance. Moreover, we derived users' response strategies to sexual harassment and gained insights on platform regulation. This study contributes to the research on sexual harassment in social VR by examining the moderating effect of avatar appearance on user perception of sexual harassment and uncovering the underlying reasons behind response strategies. Moreover, it presents novel prospects and challenges in platform design and regulation domains.

翻译：性骚扰已被确认为一个重要的社会问题。近年来，社交虚拟现实（VR）中的骚扰现象已成为重要且紧迫的研究课题。本研究采用混合方法，通过对VR用户开展在线调查（N = 166）以及对社交VR用户进行半结构化访谈（N = 18），探究用户如何感知社交VR中的性骚扰，重点关注化身外观的影响。此外，我们归纳了用户应对性骚扰的策略，并深入探讨了平台监管问题。本研究通过检验化身外观对用户性骚扰感知的调节作用，揭示应对策略背后的深层原因，为社交VR性骚扰研究作出贡献。同时，研究也为平台设计与监管领域提出了新的前景与挑战。