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by dymk 1574 days ago
Having revenge porn of yourself on the internet is extremely traumatizing regardless of what other people think of it.
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It’s precisely the opinions of other people which makes it extremely traumatizing.

Lets not pretend that this is some inherent part of human nature.

No, it’s not, and victims of revenge porn will tell you as such.

Everybody thinks muggings are wrong, and yet people are traumatized by muggings. People thing school shootings are wrong, yet they’re traumatic.

I suggest you go ask one for yourself if you don’t believe me, because frankly you don’t know what you’re talking about.

What you’re spewing out is utterly nonsensical.

This is cultural, not something we’re inherently born with.

Muggings are inherently worse, someone taking your freedom and possessions under the threat of violence.

> someone taking your freedom

God, you're so, so close. I seriously urge you to go talk to somebody who's had revenge porn distributed of them, or go read an account of the personal violation they felt.

I cannot help you any more than that, it's your own journey to discover empathy and theory of mind.

How people behave regardless of culture is human nature.
So what evidence do you have that humans behave in this way regardless of culture?