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‘This is my cheating ex’: Gender and sexuality in revenge porn

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Hearn, Jeff, Hall, Matthew·2019·Sexualities
DOI 10.1177/1363460718779965
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Revenge pornography is the online, and at times offline, non-consensual distribution, or sharing, of explicit images by ex-partners, partners, others, or hackers seeking revenge or entertainment. In this article, we discursively analyse a selected range of electronic written texts accompanying explicit images posted by self-identified straight/gay/lesbian (male-to-female, female-to-male, male-to-male, female-to-female postings) on a popular revenge pornography website ‘MyEx.com’. Situating our analysis in debates on gender and sexuality, we examine commonalities and differences in the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which gender and sexuality are invoked in posters’ accounts of their motivations for revenge pornography.

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Authors
Hearn, J., & Hall, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Huddersfield (GB)
  • University of Ulster (GB)
Corresponding author
Hearn, Jeff
ORCID
Venue
Sexualities
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2018-11-14
Volume
22
Issue
5-6
Pages
860-882
ISSN
  • 1363-4607 (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7382
DOI
10.1177/1363460718779965
OpenAlex
W2900561405
Semantic Scholar
3d2ff8ff395a785e53a0f07addec431cc3c3d1fa
Cited by
52
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5
FWCI
6.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Sexualities (publishedVersion)
  • Huddersfield Research Portal (University of Huddersfield) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Derby Online Research Archive. (University of Derby) (submittedVersion)
  • Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja (submittedVersion)
  • Unisa Institutional Repository (University of South Africa) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Keywords
revenge porn, gender, sexuality, online harassment, sexual orientation, heterosexual identity

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