Image-based sexual abuse as a means of coercive control : victim-survivor experiences
Henry, Nicola
Image-based sexual abuse as a means of coercive control : victim-survivor experiences Nicola Henry, Nicola Gavey and Kelly Johnson - Sage, 2023 - Violence Against Women .
Violence Against Women, 2023, 29(6–7): 1206–1226
Scholars and practitioners increasingly acknowledge the ways that abusive partners create, distribute, or threaten to distribute intimate images without consent, yet little empirical research has comprehensively explored image-based sexual abuse within intimate partner contexts. This article responds to this gap and reports on the findings of a study involving interviews with 29 women and one gender-diverse person who experienced image-based sexual abuse as part of a pattern of “coercive control.” The authors argue that abusive partners use intimate imagery as a means of exerting power and control, and as a tactic of intimidation, entrapment, and degradation. They note that law, policy, and practice responses should recognize the gendered nature of image-based sexual abuse and its growing use as a means of coercive control. (Authors' abstract). Record #8087
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
COERCIVE CONTROL
IMAGE-BASED SEXUAL ABUSE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
JUSTICE
TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
Image-based sexual abuse as a means of coercive control : victim-survivor experiences Nicola Henry, Nicola Gavey and Kelly Johnson - Sage, 2023 - Violence Against Women .
Violence Against Women, 2023, 29(6–7): 1206–1226
Scholars and practitioners increasingly acknowledge the ways that abusive partners create, distribute, or threaten to distribute intimate images without consent, yet little empirical research has comprehensively explored image-based sexual abuse within intimate partner contexts. This article responds to this gap and reports on the findings of a study involving interviews with 29 women and one gender-diverse person who experienced image-based sexual abuse as part of a pattern of “coercive control.” The authors argue that abusive partners use intimate imagery as a means of exerting power and control, and as a tactic of intimidation, entrapment, and degradation. They note that law, policy, and practice responses should recognize the gendered nature of image-based sexual abuse and its growing use as a means of coercive control. (Authors' abstract). Record #8087
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
COERCIVE CONTROL
IMAGE-BASED SEXUAL ABUSE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
JUSTICE
TECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA