Below you will hear about THREE GIRLS WHO KILLED THEMSELVES because of sexual abuse gone wild on the INTERNET. But first, a word about EBAY's role.
EBAY seems to be so indifferent to "objectifying women" that they don't think ANY of these images should be removed as "offensive materials."
Heidi Klum happily penetrated in bondage. Winona Ryder with her genitals abused and in bondage. Taylor Swift being abused. Emma Watson passively taking two men at the same time. Kate Hudson in imagined lesbian scenes.
It's a fact: our porn culture glamorizes violent fantasy. Good thing? Maybe. Porn actresses are PAID for their time. They CONSENT. Watching porn fantasies may keep some people from acting out such scenes WITHOUT consent.
Unfortunately, EBAY does not understand the difference between CONSENT and sexual abuse. Aren't these images sexual abuse? Emma Watson, Taylor Swift (spelled T A Y L E R to avoid being caught by her VeRO rep), Winona Ryder, Heidi Klum and hundreds more, are being abused.
The excuse is "Fantasy?" Sorry. If a man walked around an office or an apartment building showing his "fantasy" images of neighbors or co-workers, he'd be arrested. On eBay, he's financially compensated, and eBay and PAYPAL take a percentage.
The damage? Idiots like Kate Hudson might figure that there's no harm in being abused on the Internet. As long as you live in a gated community, and have good hotel security where you go, no nut is going to do a Rebecca Schaeffer on you.
The damage:
Audrie Pott is DEAD, Emma Watson. She is DEAD. She killed herself. She was younger than YOU are, EMMA WATSON.
Do we blame porn, and Internet laxity. Yes. Yes, we do. If porn wasn't available to any kid with a computer, and if sites such as EBAY didn't promote and embrace objectifying women, it's quite possible Audrie Post would still be alive. And so would Jill Naber. And so would Rehtaeh Parsons, and hundreds of other girls.
Put it this way: EBAY allowing sellers to post images that are OFFENSIVE, is condoning these images. EBAY is saying, "Hey, it's OK if you have lewd, misogynistic, weird fantasies about women AND POST THEM WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT."
Ebay is saying, "CONSENT is not necessary. Post your "ex-wife" photos, your "ex-girlfriend" photos, and stolen pictures of Jennifer Lawrence, and Photoshopped images of even underage girls like Emma Watson, whose face in Harry Potter movies when she was under 18 are regularly used for the faked porn.
The message sent by EBAY and the Internet in general, is "Guys, you can do as you please. Date rape. Roofies. Taking advantage of a girl who passed out at a party. It's ALL good." Rape a girl and you might get less than 30 days in jail. Or no jail time at all. Abuse a girl and take photos of her and put them on the Internet, and that's OK. If the girl kills herself, well, there are plenty of other girls.
A Rolling Stone piece chronicled the way that girls such as Audrie Pott are taken advantage of. What's wrong with groping a girl who passed out? Writing things all over her body? POSTING THE IMAGES ON THE INTERNET WITHOUT HER CONSENT?
The article also mentioned how girls are encouraged to not be prudish, and take nude selfies...which suddenly get passed around beyond their control.
There you have it EMMA. And Kate Hudson. And Winona. And Heidi. And T A Y L E R.
What are you doing about it, with your celebrity and your deep pocket books? Most of you are doing nothing at all. Some of you have actually turned down free help. Some of your managers and agents have said, "Yeah, so what" and "It's whack-a-mole" when it IS a problem, and especially on eBAY it is NOT "whack-a-mole." There are VeRO reps who are vigilant and have gotten sellers suspended and gotten their women respect. Taylor Swift's VeRO rep is halfway there, at least making SOME of the abusers switch Taylor's name to T A Y L E R to avoid being caught.
Yes, some female celebrities are "in the bubble." They don't have websites where they can be contacted, or they rely on indifferent money-grubbing managers and agents to do their thinking for them. Some TWEET but don't ever READ Tweeted responses, and toss their egotistic remarks to Facebook but never bother with the comments, which just MIGHT include a "heads up" on EBAY porn or some other issue.
And so the EBAY sellers get away with it, abetted by EBAY's frank indifference to what "offensive materials" means and what CONSENT is all about. And guys in the "real world" get away with the "fun" of passing around doctored up porn on their schoolmates, or photos taken without consent.
Emma Watson, it's easy to re-tweet somebody's "we need respect for women" tweet. It's easy to skip around tossing Maya Angelou books in the subways (where WHO gets them, bums? why aren't you handing these out in schools, especially ones in poor neighborhoods??) It's also EASY to remove the porn on you that EBAY is selling. You just tell somebody "you are my VeRO rep. Go to eBay, scroll the menu of categories to "everything else, adult," and check it once a week. Cut and paste the auction numbers and email them to vero@ebay.com."
Simple? It preserves your dignity and guess what, if you, and idiot Kate Hudson and Winona Ryder do it all at the same time, the creep who posted the images would be suspended and unable to victimize anyone.
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