Image-based sexual violence and imperfect victims

The case for platform cooperativism in the online sex industry

Bibliographic Data

ID13086150
AuthorsJosie Rachel West (0009-0005-6084-3063, King's College London, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume12
Issue3
Pages520-534
Publication date2024-06-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePorn Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23268743.2024.2362154
OpenAlexW4400051590
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited24

There is growing need for greater empirical understanding of the data violence experienced by online sex workers. Popular discourse about image-based sexual violence (IBSV), or 'revenge porn', often fails to identify the widespread proliferation of this practice within sexual services. This occurs as both consumers and adult-services platforms surreptitiously record and post performances on porn sites without consent, which can have severe implications for workers' mental and social well-being. First, I apply a workerist lens to the neoliberal sexual agenda, which governs the (in)visibility and (un)freedom of online performers (OPs) across a variety of institutional settings. This exposes how top-down ideological power relations disappears OPs from legislative approaches to IBSV. Second, I show how IBSV emulates the tendencies of the platform business model, such as data appropriation and surveillance. I conclude with solutions including protections based in technology and human rights law, alongside platform cooperative development within a wider decriminalization framework

Appropriation · Criminology · Decriminalization · Ideology · Internet privacy · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public relations · Sexual violence · Social media · Sociology · Computer Science · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

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