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Originally Posted by bcsoda
"Victim blaming occurs when the victim of a crime or any wrongful act is held entirely or partially responsible for the harm that befell them."
That isn't a "spineless defense", that is exactly what is happening in half the posts on this thread.
The fact of the matter is that this is a form of sexual assault (yes, it is, no I'm not over exaggerating http://www.sexualassaultsupport.ca/page-464558 "dissemination of sexual photographs electronically (cyber harassment)"), and anyone who is looking at the images (no matter what your reason is for doing so) is complicit in it.
It doesn't matter how easy or not it is to hack phones, or whether or not you personally believe people should be taking naked photos of themselves - these women have been sexually assaulted and blaming them in any way is an inappropriate response. |
The word blame is the issue. I don't see much blaming, a whole lot of confusion as to why celebrities didn't recognise the obvious potential for harm. Nobody is holding them responsible or shaming them besides one person so yeah, victim blaming is all to clichéd of an accusation. It stops the discussion in it's place and is so readily used that it becomes the easy way out; don't agree, must be victim blaming, case closed. Creates reactionary conversation.
The easiest way to not get your images stolen is to not take them on your phone, that's not blaming, that's common sense and the knee jerk reaction is silly and misplaced. Who is to blame? Obviously the hackers so your accusations are false no matter how superior it makes you feel.