TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Image-based sexual abuse: online distribution channels and illicit communities of support
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Henry, Nicola
A1  - Flynn, Asher
SP  - 1077801219863881
EP  - 1077801219863881
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This article investigates the nature and scope of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) material on 77 high-volume online websites. On the majority of these sites, users appeared to be motivated by sexual gratification and proving masculinity to a sexually deviant peer network, rather than revenge against the person depicted in the image. We argue that nonconsensual image exchanges are contextualized within ever-expanding digital environments, characterized by dislocation of time and space, overvisualization, and hypersexuality. We argue that IBSA is a vehicle for the construction, performativity, and negotiation of hypermasculinity and heteronormativity, within the bounds and structures of existing gendered power relations.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801219863881
ID  - ref1
ER  -