Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Online Distribution Channels and Illicit Communities of Support
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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.
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Making a distinction between commercial pornography and non-consensually shared imagery is difficult because they intermingle on these sites.
“Making such a distinction is, however, a diffi cult task, as commercial pornography intermingles with non-consensually shared imagery on these sites (Henry & Flynn, 2019).”
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- Authors
- Henry, N., & Flynn, A.
- Affiliations
- RMIT University (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Henry, Nicola
- Venue
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2019-07-30
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 1932-1955
- ISSN
- 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8448
- OpenAlex
- W2966021913
- Cited by
- 113
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 21.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian Office of the eSafety Commissioner
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- image-based sexual abuse, online distribution channels, online communities, hypermasculinity, heteronormativity, sexual gratification, peer networks, gendered power relations, hypersexuality, performativity
- MeSH terms
- Erotica, Humans, Paraphilic Disorders, Sex Offenses, Social Behavior, Social Support, Internet, Social Media
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