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Revenge porn and the law : Comments
By Jennie Wilson, published 1/4/2016In Israel the crime of sharing sexually explicit videos without consent is punishable by up to five years in prison.
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Im not going to say I disagree with you, but I don't think its as black and white as you make it out to be.
You did lose me though when you made it about women, and not both sexes.
Firstly, the exact terminology of 'Revenge Porn' suggests that we aren't talking about a crime that was committed for no reason whatsoever, but one that was committed with the intention of getting payback or righting some perceived wrong that had been done to the person who committed it.
That would be a true definition of 'Revenge Porn'.
The example you gave was something different.
A psychotic abusive controlling partner continuing his psychotic abusive controlling behavior.
What if the woman in your story after years of domestic abuse, all the hurt, seeing herself drown in her sorrow as she watches herself get old, her kids seeing her live in misery and her not able to give them the lives she wants for them, trapped by this abusive man, what if she is the one who, after finally breaking free from his grasp - commits the revenge porn upon the man?
Most of you women would agree that that's just fine, fair is fair.
You go girl. Right?
The problem with my argument though by focusing on the word 'revenge' and accepting that it may have been done to right some perceived wrong is that I'm inadvertently condoning a 'tit for tat' power struggle that will not end in happiness for either party.
I want to touch on the issue of when the photo was actually taken.
What if consent was given at the time the photo was taken?
If a person does not want there to be a risk of naked photos of themselves appearing online, should there not be some personal responsibility to object to photos being taken in the first place?
And I will agree that a person in a domestic violence situation might not have much say in this.