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Beyond 'Revenge Porn': The Continuum of Image-Based Sexual Abuse
McGlynn, Clare; Rackley, Erika; Houghton, Ruth
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Erika Rackley
Ruth Houghton
Abstract
In the last few years, many countries have introduced laws combating the phenomenon colloquially known as ‘revenge porn’. While new laws criminalising this practice represent a positive step forwards, the legislative response has been piecemeal and typically focuses only on the practices of vengeful ex-partners. Drawing on Liz Kelly’s (Surviving sexual violence. Polity Press, Cambridge, 1988) pioneering work, we suggest that ‘revenge porn’ should be understood as just one form of a range of gendered, sexualised forms of abuse which have common characteristics, forming what we are conceptualising as the ‘continuum of image-based sexual abuse’. Further, we argue that image-based sexual abuse is on a continuum with other forms of sexual violence. We suggest that this twin approach may enable a more comprehensive legislative and policy response that, in turn, will better reflect the harms to victim-survivors and lead to more appropriate and effective educative and preventative strategies.
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McGlynn, C., Rackley, E., & Houghton, R. (2017). Beyond 'Revenge Porn': The Continuum of Image-Based Sexual Abuse. Feminist Legal Studies, 25(1), 25-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-017-9343-2
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 8, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 16, 2017 |
Publication Date | Mar 16, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Mar 17, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Feminist Legal Studies |
Print ISSN | 0966-3622 |
Electronic ISSN | 1572-8455 |
Publisher | Springer |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 25-46 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-017-9343-2 |
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