ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the problem by applying male peer support theory, a perspective that is heavily influenced by feminist schools of thought and the masculinities literature. The relationship between male peer support and woman abuse is fairly complex, a relatively new body of sociological knowledge strongly indicates that the pornography industry and pornography consumption is a major part of the equation. Labeling and understanding these practices as sexual offences is also vital to ensuring appropriate support and protections for victims, such as the need to reform the law to grant victims anonymity to encourage them to come forward to report practices to the police. The problem of image-based sexual abuse will likely get worse. There is no particular reason to believe that men are reducing their use of sexist, racist, or homophobic comments or verbal attacks. Disseminating image-based sexual abuse is a means of “doing masculinity” in a culturally specific way.
