Affiliation
University of HuddersfieldÖrebro University
Hanken School of Economics
University of Ulster
University of Derby
Issue Date
2018-11-14
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Revenge pornography is the online, and at times offline, non-consensual distribution, or sharing, of explicit images by ex-partners, partners, others, or hackers seeking revenge or entertainment. In this article, we discursively analyse a selected range of electronic written texts accompanying explicit images posted by self-identified straight/gay/lesbian (male-to-female, female-to-male, male-to-male, female-to-female postings) on a popular revenge pornography website ‘MyEx.com’. Situating our analysis in debates on gender and sexuality, we examine commonalities and differences in the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which gender and sexuality are invoked in posters’ accounts of their motivations for revenge pornography.Citation
Hearn, J., and Hall, M. (2018) ‘“This is my cheating ex”: gender and sexuality in revenge porn’, Sexualities. doi: 10.1177/1363460718779965Publisher
Sage PublicationsJournal
SexualitiesAdditional Links
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1363460718779965Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1363-460710.1177/1363460718779965