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Why do people care about a fake pornography leaks? How is it different from a photoshop edit with a swapped face?

• jstarfish 2y ago
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• brigandish 2y ago
  In Japan, which I’d be willing to wager has a similar culture to South Korea, the emphasis is not on truth, as it is in English culture (and thus those cultures that sprang from it) but on harmony. Harmony preserves the hierarchy, and thus appearance and reputation (reputation being a form of appearance), are cultural corollaries, whereas merit would be the corresponding corollary in English culture. This is why free speech is interpreted differently even though Japan’s constitutional provision for it is based on the US’s. It is much like the division and consequent attitudinal differences found in individuals who score differently on the Big 5’s agreeableness measure. A disagreeable person cares less about what people think, they are happy with the truth. Agreeable people, however, do care what people think, regardless of the truth of the matter. So, someone in a society that favours reputation over merit, harmony over truth, or even someone in a society that values truth over appearance but scores highly on agreeableness (which is most women, btw, the main target of such porn) are likely to feel remarkably aggrieved by fakes involving their features. It’s always good to take into account what the effect of things is to those who are the target and who have a very different situation or attitude.
  • naveen99 2y ago
    Consistency is harmony of truth. There can be no harmony in lies.
    • brigandish 2y ago
      Feel free to present your thesis to the Confucianist nations of East Asia.
      • naveen99 2y ago
        Most truths don’t rhyme. A metronome is only so useful.