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You are grossly misrepresenting the nature of the content posted on /r/creepshots here. Your description of "sexually-suggestive photographs of underage girls"

by aes256 14y ago

You are grossly misrepresenting the nature of the content posted on /r/creepshots here. Your description of "sexually-suggestive photographs of underage girls" is way off the mark.

tptacek 14y ago
In anticipation of the relentless quibbling about what is or isn't "sexually suggestive", I opted to use the word "compromising". Having said that: a Google search for this term finds pictures of teenage girls often with their faces blurred; it's pretty clear what the point of the photos are: to objectify girls and young women. That the objectification is happening as much for the amusement of adults as for their direct sexual gratification doesn't change things up too much for me. Maybe it does for other people.
- aes256 14y ago
  /r/creepshots was almost exclusively photos of women, very few of whom were obviously underage, in public places. The extent to which these photos were "sexually suggestive" was largely in control of the women concerned. If you're going to wear low-cut tops, yoga pants, etc. then a photo of yourself taken in public may be interpreted as sexually suggestive. Contributors to the subreddit were just posting things they had seen in public. What's wrong with that?
  - tptacek 14y ago
    You realize that this argument about the implied consent to sexualize someone based on their attire is extremely fraught, right?
    - aes256 14y ago
      Since when did people need consent to post pictures they took, legally, of people in public, where these people have no expectation of privacy, then post them on the Internet with words to the effect of "I find this person physically attractive, I would like to have sexual relations with this person"? I can sexualize whatever I like, thank you very much.
      - tptacek 14y ago
        That is a repellant point of view, but I don't have the patience to argue about it further.
      - rmc 14y ago
        Some countries recognise the right of privacy. In which case, it is illegal to distribute personal information (like photos) of people without their consent.
  - rmc 14y ago
    Women (or anyone really) do not give consent to be photographed for sexual purposes merely for wearing a certain type of clothing in public.

by aes256 14y ago

You are grossly misrepresenting the nature of the content posted on /r/creepshots here. Your description of "sexually-suggestive photographs of underage girls" is way off the mark.

tptacek 14y ago

In anticipation of the relentless quibbling about what is or isn't "sexually suggestive", I opted to use the word "compromising". Having said that: a Google search for this term finds pictures of teenage girls often with their faces blurred; it's pretty clear what the point of the photos are: to objectify girls and young women. That the objectification is happening as much for the amusement of adults as for their direct sexual gratification doesn't change things up too much for me. Maybe it does for other people.

aes256 14y ago
/r/creepshots was almost exclusively photos of women, very few of whom were obviously underage, in public places. The extent to which these photos were "sexually suggestive" was largely in control of the women concerned. If you're going to wear low-cut tops, yoga pants, etc. then a photo of yourself taken in public may be interpreted as sexually suggestive. Contributors to the subreddit were just posting things they had seen in public. What's wrong with that?
- tptacek 14y ago
  You realize that this argument about the implied consent to sexualize someone based on their attire is extremely fraught, right?
  - aes256 14y ago
    Since when did people need consent to post pictures they took, legally, of people in public, where these people have no expectation of privacy, then post them on the Internet with words to the effect of "I find this person physically attractive, I would like to have sexual relations with this person"? I can sexualize whatever I like, thank you very much.
    - tptacek 14y ago
      That is a repellant point of view, but I don't have the patience to argue about it further.
    - rmc 14y ago
      Some countries recognise the right of privacy. In which case, it is illegal to distribute personal information (like photos) of people without their consent.
- rmc 14y ago
  Women (or anyone really) do not give consent to be photographed for sexual purposes merely for wearing a certain type of clothing in public.