Revenge pornography and manhood acts: a discourse analysis of perpetrators’ accounts |
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| Authors: | Matthew Hall Jeff Hearn |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Health and Social Care, University of Derby, Derby, UK;2. School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, UK;3. Department of Management and Organisation, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland;4. School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK;5. School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, ?rebro University, ?rebro, Sweden;6. Institute for Social and Health Studies, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Discourse analysis gender violence masculinity pornography revenge porn social media ICTs |
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