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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Violence against women
Year: 2023, Volume: 29, Issue: 6/7, Pages: 1206-1226 |
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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. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-8448 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10778012221114918 |