Would be great if English media and politicians could follow recent examples in Ireland of NOT using victim-blaming language of 'revenge porn'. Its easy to do and has a direct impact on victims AND how we understand these issues: telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/0…
Read any of the legislative debates on the Irish Harmful Communications and Harassment Bill and you will find most politicians talking about intimate image abuse or image-based sexual abuse or similar #TerminologyMatters
oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/…
Here's just one example of a clear headline - tells you what the problem is: it's abusive. It's not about what the victim might or might not have done or deserved
#GetItRight #ItsNotDifficult #ImageBasedSexualAbuse
independent.ie/irish-news/ima…
For a short explainer on why my colleague @erikarackley and I developed the term #ImageBasedSexualAbuse - read this blog:
everydayvictimblaming.com/media-complain…

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Threats to share intimate images can have life-threatening consequences and should be criminalised:
Baroness Nicky Morgan: Change revenge porn laws so we 'stop failing women and girls' telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/0…
My research with colleagues has also found that almost 1 in 5 people (19%) across the UK, New Zealand and Australia have experienced threats to share intimate images #LifeThreatening
routledge.com/Image-based-se…
Reminder that this is not a new issue and there have been campaigns for years to get a change in the law. Here is just one example of where it could have made a difference:
telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/1…
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