Image-Based Sexual Abuse as a Means of Coercive Control: Victim-Survivor Experiences

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 respond...

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Main Author: Henry, Nicola (Author)
Contributors: Gavey, Nicola ; Johnson, Kelly
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Violence against women
Year: 2023, Volume: 29, Issue: 6/7, Pages: 1206-1226
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Keywords:
Coercive Control
Domestic Violence
Image-based sexual abuse
intimate partner abuse
nonconsensual pornography
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012221114918