Image Based Abuse

Today on Women on the Line, we look at some research that’s being done in the space of revenge porn, more accurately labelled, image based abuse.Recent research has found that one in five australians has experienced image based abuse, mostly in an online environment. 20 per cent had experienced the non-consensual creation of nude or sexual images11 per cent had experienced the non-consensual distribution of nude or sexual images9 per cent had experienced the threat of distributing those imagesTo discuss this more, Jessamy Gleeson, an academic who is involved with this research, based at RMIT, and also a feminist activist and organiser.