The article is describing a feedback loop: very few women consent to have their face be usable -> the number of perverts vastly outnumber the number of women so

The article is describing a feedback loop: very few women consent to have their face be usable -> the number of perverts vastly outnumber the number of women so each woman, who has posted nothing nsfw, or even suggestive, gets dedicated attention from many perverts -> other women aren’t comfortable allowing their faces to be used by large numbers of perverts-> very few women consent to have their faces be usable. This is all independent of what is and isn’t a legitimate business model, it’s a social dynamic. It’s also a pretty familiar one: it shows up everywhere from nightclub bouncer policies to the dynamics of early 2000s irc rooms