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When the body is the payment: taking a closer look at sextortion

In: Handbook on Gender and Corruption in Democracies

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  • Ortrun Merkle

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Sextortion is a form of corruption that is shaped by gender and a complex system of intersecting vulnerabilities more than anything else. Sextortion (sexual extortion) takes place at the intersection of corruption and sexual violence and is most commonly defined as “the abuse of power to obtain a sexual favor”. Unfortunately, the traditional male centric view of corruption has thus far largely neglected the use of the (female) body as a form of payment in a corrupt act. Focusing on the few existing studies, this chapter discusses in more detail how and where sextortion occurs, who is most vulnerable to experience it, why it is important to call this form of corruption by a clearly defined name, and why it is essential to understand the role of (political) power in allowing sextortion to occur.

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  • Ortrun Merkle, 2024. "When the body is the payment: taking a closer look at sextortion," Chapters, in: Tiffany D. Barnes & Emily Beaulieu (ed.), Handbook on Gender and Corruption in Democracies, chapter 27, pages 359-369, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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