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The perpetrator would call me a racist when I escaped his violence and went no contact.|

Threatened me with revenge porn: "Even if you manage to lock me up I will soon come out and make you famous."


Victims Must Not Be Lost in Domestic Violence and Policing Debates.

Revenge porn is sexual abuse.

Image-based sexual abuse, commonly known as “revenge porn,” takes place when someone threatens to share, or shares, an intimate, nude, or sexually explicit image or video of an individual – without that person’s consent to do so.

"Image-based sexual abuse, commonly known as “revenge porn,” takes place when someone threatens to share, or shares, an intimate, nude, or sexually explicit image or video of an individual – without that person’s consent to do so. While working as a lawyer with survivors of domestic violence, I saw many of my clients affected by various forms of technology-facilitated abuse. In abusive relationships, a key dynamic is power and control of the abuser over their victim. Image-based sexual abuse often turned into a way for abusers to continue to exert control over their victims."

For instance, many abusers capture intimate, nude or sexual images of their partners, either with — or often even without — their consent. Then, to prevent the victim from leaving the relationship, the abuser wields that image as a weapon of control. Imagine an abuser saying, “If you leave me, I’ll send this naked picture of you to your friends and parents.” This is a classic tactic of abuse, amplified by the use of technology, and keeps many victims fearful of leaving an abusive partner.

And in cases where a victim does manage to safely leave an abuser, we see many instances where the abuser then attempts to continue to control the victim from a distance — including by posting sexual or intimate images of the victim online or sharing those images to friends, relatives, and even employers. Abusers are using these threats to blackmail, control, and manipulate victims.”

“Indeed, research by Elena Sharratt, a sociologist at the University of Exeter and in partnership with the Revenge Porn Helpline, found that 43% of image-based sexual abuse is perpetrated by male ex-partners after relationships end.

Indeed, even U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Alito, has stated:

“Threats of violence and intimidation are among the most favored weapons of domestic abusers, and the rise of social media has only made those tactics more commonplace.””