This chapter examines the criminalisation of the non-consensual use, distribution and creation of intimate images in Latin America from a feminist anti-carceral perspective. Drawing on an analysis of the regional context and available data, it highlights the sustained increase in digital sexual violence against women, children and adolescents. In response to this phenomenon, various sectors have advocated for a punitive agenda, positioning imprisonment as the central solution. However, this strategy disregards the critiques posed by critical feminist thought regarding the penal system, exposing its selective, ineffective and inequality-reproducing nature. The chapter is structured into three parts. The first defines digital sexual violence and explores its manifestations within Latin America. The second develops the debate between carceral and anti-carceral feminisms, emphasising critical arguments against the use of imprisonment. The third section analyses state responses to this violence in Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. Finally, the chapter offers preliminary conclusions, warning of the risks inherent in deepening punitive approaches and underscoring the need to build situated, emancipatory feminist alternatives.

错误:搜索内容不能为空,请输入英文关键词
错误:关键词超出字数限制,请精简
高级检索

Digital Sexual Violence, Punitive Politics and Feminist Disputes: An Anti-Carceral Perspective in Latin America

  • Nataly Macana Gutiérrez

摘要

This chapter examines the criminalisation of the non-consensual use, distribution and creation of intimate images in Latin America from a feminist anti-carceral perspective. Drawing on an analysis of the regional context and available data, it highlights the sustained increase in digital sexual violence against women, children and adolescents. In response to this phenomenon, various sectors have advocated for a punitive agenda, positioning imprisonment as the central solution. However, this strategy disregards the critiques posed by critical feminist thought regarding the penal system, exposing its selective, ineffective and inequality-reproducing nature. The chapter is structured into three parts. The first defines digital sexual violence and explores its manifestations within Latin America. The second develops the debate between carceral and anti-carceral feminisms, emphasising critical arguments against the use of imprisonment. The third section analyses state responses to this violence in Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. Finally, the chapter offers preliminary conclusions, warning of the risks inherent in deepening punitive approaches and underscoring the need to build situated, emancipatory feminist alternatives.