Revenge Porn Is Bad. Criminalizing It Is Worse

femdelusion · 2013-11-14T11:39:48+00:00

So... having identified the problem:

Discussions of internet law seem like an endless cycle of “but what about the women/children?” pitted against “but what about my free speech?”

(Telling choice of words, incidentally - 'women/children'. Yes, that is the paradigm of female hypoagency!) We get:

The problem of revenge porn is embedded within a larger context of violence against women and the stigmatization of the naked body, which means the issue can be tackled from many other directions.

All of which is said in a context where men are by far the greater victims of violence, and in which IPV is very much an equal problem for all genders.

This 'debate' is quite literally one of "When did you stop beating your wife?" No one stops the 'debate' and questions the presuppositions on which it takes place. Hang on a moment, do we actually know if 'revenge porn' is gendered in the first place? And if it is, what is the F-M counterpart (because it is extremely likely there will be one)? What about false accusations motivated by revenge? We know they occur, but how often? And why are they left out the discussion?

We just don't know enough about these things, and people absolutely should stop pretending they do.

2013-11-14T12:21:03+00:00

Isn't it a crime already? Supposedly the filming was non-consensual, but I know about this guy and in other videos, the women did know they were being recorded, so I'm unsure, as it's non-consensual filming and release against consensual filming and release (both releases are non-consensual)

I think that releasing to the public videos or pictures of intimate nature with a malicious intent should be a crime.

SuperBicycleTony · 2013-11-14T15:36:03+00:00

Interesting how Anthony Weiner dick pics are a reason to keep this legal. He's a public official so whatever dirt you got on him is reporting huh?

I mean, fuck that guy. /s

What about men caught up in catfishing / extortion over embarrassing photos?

Fuck those guys right? /s

giegerwasright · 2013-11-15T02:58:09+00:00

No it isn't. I would think that the conditions that lead to someone making "revenge porn" quite illegal. Those would include, but are not limited to, illegal wiretapping by videotaping someone without their prior knowledge or consent and illegal use of a person's image without paying a licensing fee by producing media of that image and distributing it without their consent.

MoreFreeSpeech · 2013-11-14T16:21:49+00:00

This criminalizes thought since the pictures are owned by whoever received them. Unlike with hate crime laws, the sole item being made illegal here is intention. Posting porn is still legal. Posting porn to be mean would be illegal? It's thought crime.

2013-11-14T13:43:58+00:00

'revenge' porn is evil.

posting 'unrequested' dick pics is great.

Strange, though, how there are no revenge porn pictures of men out there, only pictures of unrequested dick picks. Why, it's almost as if some women are lying in order to justify posting revenge porn of their own...

Title	Revenge Porn Is Bad. Criminalizing It Is Worse
Author	AlphaWookie
Upvotes	4
Comments	8
Date	November 14, 2013 9:35 AM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1qlsu3/revenge_porn_is_bad_criminalizing_it_is_worse/
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