Revenge Porn or otherwise revenge porn has been monopolizing the discussions on social media since yesterday.
The term "revenge pornography" saw the light of day again on the occasion of the public complaints about the co-presenter of Radio Arvylas Christos Panagiotopoulos.
Panagiotopoulos after the revelations made about his face is a thing of the past from the team of Radio Arvylas, with Antonis Kanakis announcing his removal from the team.
What is revenge porn
This is a type of cybercrime that has grown in recent years and is now reported much more frequently. As reported in the International Journal of Cyber Criminology.
Despite the fact that he is now being prosecuted, many victims are blamed for the material that someone else has at their disposal, facing attacks similar to sexual harassment.
The reason why perpetrators choose revenge porn is usually to take revenge on their ex-partners after their separation or in some cases to blackmail them into manipulating them.
Although the perpetrators are usually ex-partners, there are cases where there may be people from the family or work environment.
A recent study in Australia found that one in five people have experienced this type of abuse in order to succumb to blackmail for money or sexual favors.
Exposing personal photos without consent can have serious consequences for the victim, from shame to severe anxiety disorder. In fact, in some cases the consequences were devastating, as some victims get to the point of committing suicide unable to bear what happened to them.
Bates (2017) studied the phenomenon and concluded that revenge pornography and sexual abuse have the same psychological effects on victims, as they can in both cases experience post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, avoidance and difficulty adjusting to reality.
A survey conducted in Britain showed that the percentage of people who complain that they have suffered this kind of abuse has almost doubled.
Specifically, 15% of Britons aged 18-45 said they had posted photos of their special moments without their consent. In 2019 this percentage was only 8%.
As for the perpetrators, the research showed that one in ten has published or threatened to publish photos of someone, while one in five of them said that they did it to "scare the victim" or "for fun". Some also claimed that the photos were their "property" and had the right to publish them.
Source: skai.gr