Study finds most people are fine with revenge porn as long as they’re not the ones doing it

Nearly all derive some enjoyment from it


Revenge porn has long been a subject of contention, and with the internet infiltrating itself further, and further into our personal lives, it’s become nearly impossible to avoid, and, or properly condemn.

However, a study published in the International Journal of Technoethics, examines revenge porn, proving we’re far less averse to it than we claimed to be.

The study — including 100 people, 82 of which were female — focused on the way in which internet users interact with, as well as react to it revenge porn, leading us to believe even were it simple to control and condemn, it’s unlikely we’d do so.

“Whilst participants may be unlikely to commit an act of revenge porn themselves, they present an acceptance of this behavior we now know is frequently occurring online,”the study of the author, Afroditi Pina, told broadly.

“For the majority, there were at least some elements of finding the situation exciting or funny.”

“A more staggering finding,” she writes, was that a “majority of participants” expressed at least some enjoyment (87 percent) and approval (99 percent) of revenge porn — explaining that what this really means is that although many would be unlikely to participate in the act of revenge porn themselves, they’re accepting of others taking part in it.

In a world where we should feel comfortable not only showing, but owning our naked bodies via snapchat, text or whatever the medium, this astonishing figure explains precisely why women are scared, even today, to send photos to people we trust.