ABSTRACT

A range of technologies now exist to facilitate sexual desire, pleasure and intimacy. Colloquially known as tech-sex, the growth in the use of such technologies has created a range of new opportunities for sexual expression and connection. Alongside these benefits are harms arising out of their non-consensual use. Drawing on a case study examining management of image-based sexual abuse as part of Australia’s recently reformed online safety laws, we argue for a regulatory approach that is both facilitative in showing due respect for adult sexual agency and protective in mitigating harm caused to affected individuals. Operating along a facilitative-protective regulatory axis, such an approach offers the potential to be suitably responsive to both the opportunities and challenges faced by adult individuals who engage with such technologies.

摘要

现在有一系列技术可以促进性欲、愉悦和亲密。俗称科技性爱，此类技术的使用不断增长，为性表达和性联系创造了一系列新的机会。除了这些好处之外，未经同意的使用也会带来危害。根据对作为澳大利亚最近改革的在线安全法一部分的图像性虐待管理的案例研究，我们主张采取一种监管方法，既有助于对成人性行为表现出应有的尊重，又可以保护性地减轻对受影响个人造成的伤害。这种方法沿着促进-保护性监管轴运作，有可能对使用此类技术的成年人所面临的机遇和挑战做出适当的反应。