Nicola Henry

“You’re just constantly on alert”: Women and Gender-Diverse People’s Experiences of Sexual Violence on Public Transport

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Date: 19-07-2023

DOI: 10.1177/08862605231186123

Abstract: Sexual violence is a public health issue that can be experienced across the life course. Public transport is a key site of sexual violence and harassment experienced by women and gender- erse people in Australia, although victim-survivor voices have rarely been sought in addressing this issue. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with 41 erse female and gender- erse victim-survivors who were staff or students at two Australian universities, we sought to understand their experiences of sexual violence and harassment on public transport. We found that women and gender- erse people, while often reporting on a significant experience of sexual violence or harassment on public transport, also had other, “everyday” experiences across their life course that impacted how they traveled and their confidence in the world. Overall, we argue that the significant impact of sexual violence and harassment on public transport should be addressed through targeting public transport as a key site for primary prevention of sexual violence and harassment.

Two Pione species (Hadromerida, Clionaidae) from the Red Sea: a taxonomical challenge

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 24-06-2010

DOI: 10.1007/S13127-010-0027-X

Sexual Violence in a Digital Age

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Date: 2017

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-58047-4

Examining the relationship between urban liveability and gender-based violence

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 07-2020

DOI: 10.1016/J.HEALTHPLACE.2020.102365

‘It’s Torture for the Soul’: The Harms of Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Date: 19-08-2020

DOI: 10.1177/0964663920947791

Abstract: Beyond ‘scandals’ and the public testimonies of victim-survivors, surprisingly little is known about the nature and extent of the harms of ‘image-based sexual abuse’, a term that includes all non-consensual taking and/or sharing of nude or sexual images. Accordingly, this article examines the findings from the first cross-national qualitative study on this issue, drawing on interviews with 75 victim-survivors of image-based sexual abuse in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. We adopt a feminist phenomenological approach that permits more nuanced and holistic understandings of victim-survivors’ experiences, moving beyond medicalised, trauma-based accounts of harm. Our analysis develops five interconnected accounts of the harms experienced, that we have termed social rupture, constancy, existential threat, isolation and constrained liberty. Our findings shed new light on the nature and significance of the harms of image-based sexual abuse that emphasises the need for more comprehensive and effective responses to these abuses.

Image-Based Sexual Abuse as a Means of Coercive Control: Victim-Survivor Experiences

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Date: 22-08-2022

DOI: 10.1177/10778012221114918

Abstract: Scholars and practitioners increasingly acknowledge the ways that abusive partners create, distribute, or threaten to distribute intimate images without consent, yet little empirical research has comprehensively explored image-based sexual abuse within intimate partner contexts. This article responds to this gap and reports on the findings of a study involving interviews with 29 women and one gender- erse person who experienced image-based sexual abuse as part of a pattern of “coercive control.” The authors argue that abusive partners use intimate imagery as a means of exerting power and control, and as a tactic of intimidation, entrapment, and degradation. They note that law, policy, and practice responses should recognize the gendered nature of image-based sexual abuse and its growing use as a means of coercive control.

Image-Based Sexual Abuse: An Australian Reflection

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 13-08-2019

DOI: 10.1080/08974454.2019.1646190

Sexual violence in digital society

Publisher: Routledge

Date: 11-10-2019

DOI: 10.4324/9780429460593-6

Digital citizenship in a global society: a feminist approach

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 14-06-2021

DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2021.1937269

Policing image-based sexual abuse: stakeholder perspectives

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 20-09-2018

DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2018.1507892

Technology-Facilitated Domestic and Sexual Violence: A Review

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Date: 10-2020

DOI: 10.1177/1077801219875821

Abstract: This article investigates the phenomenon of domestic and sexual violence against adult women using digital communications technologies. The article explores terminological and conceptual challenges and describes the empirical research literature in this field to date in relation to digital dating abuse, intimate partner cyberstalking, technology-facilitated sexual assault, image-based sexual abuse, and online sexual harassment. The article also discusses policy and practice responses to this growing problem, as well as future directions for research. We argue that research and practice need to be guided by existing conceptual frameworks that utilize gender and actor–network theory to understanding the causes and consequences of women’s experiences of abuse and violence facilitated by digital technologies.

Henry Responds To Dickson: ‘Revenge Porn’: A Victim Focused Response

Publisher: University of South Australia Library

Date: 10-12-2016

DOI: 10.21913/USLRUNISASLR.V2I0.1358

Abstract: This comment responds to Alyse Dickson’s article in this volume titled ‘Revenge Porn: A Victim Focused Response’. It summarises the difficulty that Australian law has encountered in keeping up with evolving behaviours with emergent digital technologies and provides recommendations for achieving the ‘victim focused response’ that Dickson argues for in her article. The comment begins in Part I by highlighting the problems caused by the term ‘revenge pornography’. Part II explores possible directions for future research and stresses the need for an interdisciplinary approach for any strategy to be truly effective. The comment concludes by arguing that a formal legal response in the form of criminal legislation in all jurisdictions should be implemented.

War and Rape

Publisher: Routledge

Date: 26-07-2012

DOI: 10.4324/9780203836194

‘If someone, somewhere had a plan’: Disavowal in the gender-equality resistance talk of STEMM leaders

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 09-2023

DOI: 10.1016/J.WSIF.2023.102815

Image-Based Sexual Abuse: Online Distribution Channels and Illicit Communities of Support

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Date: 30-07-2019

DOI: 10.1177/1077801219863881

Abstract: This article investigates the nature and scope of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) material on 77 high-volume online websites. On the majority of these sites, users appeared to be motivated by sexual gratification and proving masculinity to a sexually deviant peer network, rather than revenge against the person depicted in the image. We argue that nonconsensual image exchanges are contextualized within ever-expanding digital environments, characterized by dislocation of time and space, overvisualization, and hypersexuality. We argue that IBSA is a vehicle for the construction, performativity, and negotiation of hypermasculinity and heteronormativity, within the bounds and structures of existing gendered power relations.

Policing technology-facilitated sexual violence against adult victims: police and service sector perspectives

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 08-03-2018

DOI: 10.1080/10439463.2016.1154964

Technology-Facilitated Domestic Violence Against Immigrant and Refugee Women: A Qualitative Study

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Date: 13-03-2022

DOI: 10.1177/08862605211001465

Abstract: Digital technologies are increasingly being used as tools for the perpetration of domestic violence. Little empirical research to date has explored the nature and impacts of technology-facilitated domestic violence (TFDV), and even less attention has been paid to the experiences of immigrant and refugee women. This article examines the nature and impacts of TFDV as experienced by immigrant and refugee women. Drawing on interviews with 29 victim-survivors and 20 stakeholders, we argue that although immigrant and refugee women may experience TFDV in similar ways to non-immigrant and refugee women, they face unique challenges, such as language barriers, cultural bias from support services, lack of financial resources, lack of trust in state institutions, and additional challenges with justice and migration systems. Immigrant and refugee women also face multiple structural layers of oppression and social inequality. Accordingly, we argue that a multifaceted approach is required to address TFDV that includes culturally sensitive and specific law reform, education, and training.

Beyond Formal Ethics Reviews: Reframing the Potential Harms of Sexual Violence Research

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 03-04-2021

DOI: 10.1080/08164649.2021.1997138

La Trobe University

Location: Australia

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RMIT University

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University Of Melbourne

Location: Australia

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University Of Milano-Bicocca

Location: Italy

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Revenge Pornography: The Prevalence And Nature Of Non-consensual Imagery, And The Implications For Law Reform

Start Date: 2017

End Date: 2020

Funder: Australian Research Council

Detecting, Preventing And Responding To Image-based Abuse: The Role Of Digital Platforms And Services

Start Date: 2021

End Date: 2025

Funder: Australian Research Council

Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence And Harassment: Violence Against Women In Cyberspace And The Implications For Legislative And Policy Reform

Start Date: 2013

End Date: 2015

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170101433

Start Date: 09-2017

End Date: 12-2021

Amount: $337,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT200100604

Start Date: 03-2021

End Date: 03-2025

Amount: $1,081,692.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP130103094

Start Date: 2013

End Date: 12-2015

Amount: $230,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council