by Carolina | Mar 27, 2024 | Glossary
Image-Based Sexual Abuse. Also known as Non-Consensual Pornography, it identifies the non-consensual sharing of intimate material, pursuant to Article 612-ter of the Italian Penal Code, introduced in the summer of 2019. It is a crime that occurs when sexually explicit...
by Carolina | Mar 25, 2024 | Glossary
Are we sure it’s always about revenge? Revenge Porn comes from the union of the English words Revenge (revenge) and Porn (pornographic): when we talk about non-consensual sharing of intimate material, unfortunately this phenomenon is often defined only using the...
by giulia.valmacco | Mar 23, 2024 | Glossary
It’s not a crime! The term sexting comes from the English words sex (sex) and texting (sending electronic messages) and is a neologism used to indicate the sending of sexually explicit messages, texts, videos and/or images. Sexting, when practiced consensually...
by giulia.valmacco | Mar 1, 2024 | Glossary
victims on trial. We speak of secondary victimization when a person who has suffered online or offline violence—which we can define as “primary”—is forced to relive the trauma or suffer further violence from other individuals. Secondary victimization is...
by giulia.valmacco | Mar 1, 2024 | Glossary
Do you really know who you’re talking to on the internet? The term catfishing describes the activity of those who create fake identities or impersonate others online and use these false identities to maintain virtual relationships with people who believe them to...
by giulia.valmacco | Mar 1, 2024 | Glossary
Patriarchy and respectability: the two pillars of victim blaming. The term slut-shaming, coined by the new-generation feminist movement, refers to the behavior of those who blame, humiliate, and demonize women who don’t conform to the “standards of...
