Abstract
Revenge pornography (hereafter, revenge porn) is the online, sometimes offline, non-consensual distribution, or sharing, of explicit images of someone else by ex-partners, partners, others, or hackers seeking revenge or entertainment – also referred to as non-consensual pornography. The vast majority of revenge porn is committed by men on women ex-partners. In this paper we discursively analyze men’s electronic texts accompanying their posting of explicit images on arguably the most popular revenge porn specific website MyEx.com. Situating our analysis as a contemporary form of online gendered violence and abuse, we show the complex ways in which manhood acts are invoked by men to account for their practices. The impacts on victims/survivors and possible interventions are also discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Peer-reviewed scientific journal | Journal of Gender Studies |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 158-170 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISSN | 0958-9236 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article - refereed |
Keywords
- 512 Business and Management
- revenge
- pornography
- ICTs
- online
- violence
- sexuality
