Why Congress won't help Jennifer Lawrence or thousands of other victimized women.

Sep 05, 2014 11:48

September 2, 2014 If you so much as glanced at the Internet over the holiday weekend, you probably read that nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and other stars leaked online. If you checked Twitter, you saw the typical reactions ( Read more... )

*trigger warning: sexism, womens rights, sexual harassment, scumbags, celebrities, sexual objectification of politicians, privacy, women, sexism, **trigger warning, porn, misogyny

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lied_ohne_worte September 6 2014, 04:09:01 UTC
Not precisely the same, as in this case a woman chose to share certain pictures on social media, but I found the following comparison made by a website very enlightening: The difference between what US and European media websites chose to blur in an image, and what that says about whom they want to protect from what. (warning: image mildly sexual, probably NSWF in the US at least ( ... )

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ebay313 September 8 2014, 06:47:56 UTC
I saw a tweet the other day on this that was along the lines of:
Men: "women should never take naked pictures if they don't want anyone to see them, but please send me naked pictures! Please, please, please! I love you! You can trust me!"

Which is pretty much how it goes, the same people driving the demand and begging for those kinds of pictures from SOs turn around and blame women for it. Same way I know of a number of men who love go to strip clubs and then turn around and shame women who would strip. It's the same groups creating the demand while blaming women for it.

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bluestoplights September 7 2014, 02:28:49 UTC
"critics arguing the bill could face challenges under the First Amendment."


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