This paper questions whether the law is equipped to respond to the range of behaviours that characterise domestic abuse, especially those behaviours that are associated with coercion and control and, in particular, the disclosure of private sexual images to this end. A willingness to recognise notions of intimate terrorism and coercive control as an integral part of this gendered harm has now been embedded in our legislative regime through the enactment of s.76 Serious Crime Act. Alongside, s.33 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 has criminalised so-called ‘revenge porn’ through prohibiting the disclosure of intimate sexual images. In this paper, I argue that neither of these offences truly reflect the experiences of women and both involve barriers to justice. In particular, I argue that, where coercion and the disclosure of private sexual images/threats to disclose the same, or other demeaning images coincide, the legal framework is particularly ill-equipped to respond.

本文质疑法律是否有能力应对家庭暴力的一系列行为，特别是那些与胁迫和控制相关的行为，特别是为此目的披露私人性图像。通过颁布《严重犯罪法》第 76 条，我们愿意承认亲密恐怖主义和强制控制的概念是这种性别伤害的一个组成部分，这一点现已融入我们的立法制度中。此外，《2015 年刑事司法和法院法》第 33 条通过禁止披露亲密的性图片，将所谓的“报复性色情”定为犯罪。在本文中，我认为这些罪行都没有真正反映妇女的经历，而且都涉及司法障碍。我特别认为，