Citation

Hall M, Hearn J. J. Gend. Stud. 2019; 28(2): 158-170.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09589236.2017.1417117

PMID

unavailable

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 analyse 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.

Language: en

Keywords

Discourse analysis; gender violence; ICTs; masculinity; pornography; revenge porn; social media