Sparks Brandon
Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Drive, 154 Arts, Saskatoon, SK Canada.
Sex Res Social Policy. 2022;19(2):689-704. doi: 10.1007/s13178-021-00585-8. Epub 2021 Apr 27.
The rise of technology has ushered in a new means of sexual expression, commonly referred to as sexting, which involves the sending of sexual messages or images of oneself to another person. Growing in popularity particularly among youth and young adults, the sending of images to current or potential romantic or sexual partners is increasingly becoming part of courting and relationship maintenance rituals. Yet this new domain of sexual agency has been met with a rise in the non-consensual dissemination of intimate or nude photographs to third parties, in some cases to humiliate or shame the creator of the image.
This paper uses a socio-narratological approach to understand the complex consequences that (largely female) victims of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) experience.
Individuals who experience IBSA may undergo perpetuated suffering due to an interwoven constellation of internal and external forces, much of which is rooted in the sexual regulation (if not subjugation) of women. Suffering is presented as originating from three domains: the self, the perpetrator, and society, which interact as a "Dark Triad."
The use of socio-narratology to disentangle the suffering may provide victims and mental health professionals with experiential clarity. Further, it offers a way forward for individuals who have experienced this unique form of sexual violence.
科技的兴起带来了一种新的性表达手段，通常称为“ sexting”（发送性信息），即向他人发送自己的性信息或图片。向当前或潜在的浪漫或性伴侣发送图片的行为越来越普遍，尤其是在青少年和年轻人中，日益成为求爱和维持恋爱关系的一部分。然而，这种新的性自主领域却伴随着非自愿地向第三方传播亲密或裸照的现象增加，在某些情况下是为了羞辱照片的创作者。
本文采用社会叙事学方法来理解基于图像的性虐待（IBSA）（主要是女性）受害者所经历的复杂后果。
经历IBSA的个体可能会因一系列内部和外部力量交织在一起而长期遭受痛苦，其中许多根源在于对女性的性规范（甚至是性压迫）。痛苦表现为源于三个领域：自我、加害者和社会，它们作为一个“黑暗三角”相互作用。
运用社会叙事学来理清痛苦可能会为受害者和心理健康专业人员提供体验上的清晰认识。此外，它为经历过这种独特形式性暴力的个人提供了一条前进的道路。
