%0 Journal Article
%T Image-based sexual abuse as a means of coercive control: victim-survivor experiences
%J Violence against women
%D 2022
%A Henry, Nicola
%A Gavey, Nicola
%A Johnson, Kelly
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 1077-8012
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012221114918