Gender Equality
De-nudifying Humanity: On the Reasons Why We Need to Talk About Image-Based Sexual Abuse
In an age when undressing someone in an online environment can happen with one click, we need to look for solutions on how to combat a new worrisome trend that is defined as ‘image-based sexual abuse’ (IBSA) by the European Commission. Although the majority of victims are women and teen girls, it does concern men and boys as well (Dodge, 2021). There are some highly publicized cases of IBSA like Taylor Swift’s deep fake nudes spread on social media platform X in early 2024 (Verma and Mark, 2024). These images were most likely created by AI and Taylor Swift fans started a massive support campaign, yet most of the cases of IBSA are much more mundane than this.
Eva Ladva
September 16, 2024
