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The term “Cyberflashing” is ridiculous. It makes it sound innocent and cutesy. We already have a term for this, it’s sexual harassment.

nerdponx 4y ago
Eh, it's pithy and evocative.
- monkpit 4y ago
  That’s kind of the problem I have with it, I guess. It’s not something to be pithy about, it comes across as a euphemism that softens the impact of the violating act it actually is.
deltasevennine 4y ago
sexual harassment is too extreme. 20 years of prison in some places. Cyber flashing is indeed the more appropriate term. I will be absolutely unequivocally clear about my opinion on this: Cyber flashing does not deserve jail time. It deserves being banned from bumble. Anyone who is so low and so cruel to jail someone for cyber flashing... that person is the one who deserves jail time. Also logistically you'd be jailing millions of people if it was sexual harassment. In short, dick pics are a problem with people being stupid. Not a problem with people being criminals. Let's keep the wording appropriate to the severity of the infraction. It's cyberflashing... NOT sexual harassment.
- monkpit 4y ago
  If you did this in public you’d be sent to jail. Why is it ok on the internet? Unsolicited indecent exposure is sexual harassment.
  - deltasevennine 4y ago
    You're relying on logical alignment to regulate your morals. Well it's biased because it can go both ways. For the direction opposite to your query one can logically say: "Dick pics on the internet are ok why isn't flashing your dick ok in public?" You simply chose the direction that fits with your bias. The reality is common sense is the best choice here. There is no alignment when obviously your gut tells you flashing your dick in public is much worse then a dick pic. That gut feeling that regulates that feeling is the same feeling that tells us that while porn is ok to be all over the internet, it's not ok for porn scenes to be played in public.

nerdponx 4y ago

Eh, it's pithy and evocative.

monkpit 4y ago
That’s kind of the problem I have with it, I guess. It’s not something to be pithy about, it comes across as a euphemism that softens the impact of the violating act it actually is.

deltasevennine 4y ago

sexual harassment is too extreme. 20 years of prison in some places. Cyber flashing is indeed the more appropriate term. I will be absolutely unequivocally clear about my opinion on this: Cyber flashing does not deserve jail time. It deserves being banned from bumble. Anyone who is so low and so cruel to jail someone for cyber flashing... that person is the one who deserves jail time. Also logistically you'd be jailing millions of people if it was sexual harassment. In short, dick pics are a problem with people being stupid. Not a problem with people being criminals. Let's keep the wording appropriate to the severity of the infraction. It's cyberflashing... NOT sexual harassment.

monkpit 4y ago
If you did this in public you’d be sent to jail. Why is it ok on the internet? Unsolicited indecent exposure is sexual harassment.
- deltasevennine 4y ago
  You're relying on logical alignment to regulate your morals. Well it's biased because it can go both ways. For the direction opposite to your query one can logically say: "Dick pics on the internet are ok why isn't flashing your dick ok in public?" You simply chose the direction that fits with your bias. The reality is common sense is the best choice here. There is no alignment when obviously your gut tells you flashing your dick in public is much worse then a dick pic. That gut feeling that regulates that feeling is the same feeling that tells us that while porn is ok to be all over the internet, it's not ok for porn scenes to be played in public.