Citation

Eaton AA, Noori S, Bonomi AE, Stephens DP, Gillum TL. Trauma Violence Abuse 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Russell Sage College, Albany, NY, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1524838020906533

PMID

32100637

Abstract

Over the last decade, nonconsensual porn (NCP), or the sharing of sexually explicit material without a person's consent, has become a growing problem with potentially far-reaching adverse consequences for victims. The purpose of this article is to propose and consider a framework for advancing the field's understanding of NCP within the context of intimate relationships including situating NCP relative to other forms of relational abuse. Specifically, we examined the extent to which NCP in intimate partner relationships was perpetrated using tactics from the Power and Control Wheel through a summative content analysis of U.S. news stories on NCP from 2012 to 2017. This analysis established that NCP has been perpetrated using all eight of the abuse metatactics in the Power and Control Wheel, with the three most common being emotional abuse, coercion and threats, and denial/blame/minimization. Treating NCP in relationships as a potential form of partner violence provides a basis on which to understand the etiology, manifestation, motives, and impact of this form of abuse and informs practitioners' ability to design prevention efforts and engage a trauma-informed response to survivors.

Language: en

Keywords

Power and Control Wheel; digital abuse; intimate partner violence; nonconsensual porn; revenge porn; sexual abuse