Online intimate exposure: experiences of brazilian women and their access to public policies

Abstract

Online intimate exposure (known as revenge porn; slut shaming) consists in the disclosure, or threat, of the victim's intimate material, characterizing a culture, updated through the internet, of exposure and humiliation of women for their sexuality. This article aims to analyze the experiences of online intimate exposure experienced by Brazilian women who use the internet and the public policies accessed by them. The research, being qualitative and based on a gender perspective, was conducted through an online questionnaire, answered by 1.028 women. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic-categorical content analysis, with the aid of the softwares SPSS and MaxQDA. Five percent of the participants had undergone intimate online exposure, mostly practiced by a partner or ex-partner. The search for public policies was low and identified as unsatisfactory. We estimate that the results can contribute to the construction of scientific knowledge and support professional care for victims.