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Citation

Shattering lives and myths: A report on image-based sexual abuse

Author:
McGlynn, C.; Rackley, E.; Johnson, K.; Henry, N.; Flynn, A.; Powell, A.; Gavey, N.; Scott, A.
Year:
2019

Image-based sexual abuse is a pervasive and pernicious form of sexual abuse. We use the term ‘image-based sexual abuse’ to refer to a broad range of abusive behaviours including the taking and/or distribution of nude or sexual images without consent, including threats to do so, which includes so-called ‘revenge porn’, ‘upskirting’, fakeporn, sexual extortion and videos of sexual assaults and rapes. This report draws on interviews with 25 victim-survivors of image-based sexual abuse and over 25 stakeholders, including police, policy-makers, lawyers and survivor organisations conducted over a six-month period in 2018.