Opinion | A.I. Is Making the Sexual Exploitation of Girls Even Worse
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Parents, schools and our laws need to catch up to technology, fast.

A.I. Is Making the Sexual Exploitation of Girls Even Worse::Parents, schools and our laws need to catch up to technology, fast.

  • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
    956·
    10 months ago

    I called this an unpopular opinion before, but maybe it’s just an uncomfortable one

    This isn’t going away. It’s in the wild, there’s no putting it back in the bottle. Maybe, let’s take this chance to stop devaluing women because their nudes exist. Men can post nudes with zero consequences - what’s the logic here? IDGAF if they’re a teacher with an only fans, if everyone can be rendered nude, no one can be.

    Let’s live in a post nudes world. Next time a woman is about to get fired over nudes, let’s say “it’s probably ai generated, you’re disgusting for suggesting such a thing”. Let them do it behind closed doors, or we shame them relentlessly. Anyone sharing nudes without consent should be the target here, who cares if they’re generated, shared with trusted partners, or shared publicly for their own reasons.

    The person bringing them into an inappropriate setting are the ones doing something wrong. No one should be shamed or feel fear because their nudes are being passed around - they should only feel disgust.

    • rottingleafEnglish
      8·
      10 months ago

      Men can post nudes with zero consequences - what’s the logic here?

      I’m not really sure if that’d be the case if I did that

      • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Counterpoint, a congressman released a sex tape of himself with a prostitute.

        I’ve never heard of a man getting fired because someone stumbled across his nudes - not saying it’s never happened, but it doesn’t happen much. I’ve heard of plenty of female teachers getting fired for it, but also female office workers.

        It seems like there’s this idea that being able to see a woman nude somehow discredits her and undermines her authority. The same idea doesn’t exist for men

        And I’m pretty confident that you could post nudes online, and even if someone found them, it wouldn’t end up with you ending up in HR or having to justify yourself… Maybe you could have personal complications because of it, but probably not social ones

      • Jojo@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        I think it’s at least hyperbole. The consequences aren’t the same, aren’t even equivalent, but there are still negative consequences.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      728·
      10 months ago

      Sounds great. But perhaps you have forgotten the existence of the patriarchy? Basically the very thing keeping double standards like that in place.

      • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        So fight those standards? Do you think “the patriarchy” is a nebulous state that affects society like a modifier in a video game? Reject those standards in your interactions with other people and you’re effectively fighting the patriarchy. That attitude only leads to accept things as they are while you go through the path of least resistance.

        • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          12·
          10 months ago

          You know why feminism has “waves,” right? Because it doesn’t fucking stick.

          You make it sound so simple.