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Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls.

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[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

As a father of teenage girls, I don't necessarily disagree with this assessment, but I would personally see to it that anyone making sexual deepfakes of my daughters is equitably and thoroughly punished.

[–] seralth@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is a difference between ruining the life of a 13 year old boy for the rest of his life with no recourse and no expectations.

Vs scaring the shit out of them and making them work their ass off doing an ass load of community service for a summer.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

ruining the life of a 13 year old boy for the rest of his life with no recourse

And what about the life of the girl this boy would have ruined?

This is not "boys will be boys" shit. Girls have killed themselves over this kind of thing (I have personal experience with suicidal teenage girls, both as a past friend and as a father).

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect an equivalent punishment that has the potential to ruin his life.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 16 points 1 day ago

Fake pictures do not ruin your life… sorry…

Our puritanical / 100% sex culture is the problem, not fake pictures…

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 14 points 1 day ago

It is not abnormal to see different punishment for people under the age of 18. Good education about sex and what sexual assault does with their victims (same with guns, drugs including alcohol etc).

You can still course correct the behaviour of a 13 year old. There is also a difference between generating the porn and abusing it by sharing it etc.

The girls should be helped and the boys should be punished, but mainly their behaviour needs to be correcte

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Parents are responsible for their kids. The punishment, with the full force of the law (and maybe something extra for good measure), should fall upon the parents, since they should have made sure their kids knew how despicable and illegal doing this is.

Yeah, I agree, we shouldn't ruin the boys life, we should ruins his whole family to many times the extent something like this ruins a teen girl's life.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I agree, we shouldn’t ruin the boys life, we should ruins his whole family to many times the extent something like this ruins a teen girl’s life.

You're a fucking asshole. This isn't like prosecuting parents who let a school shooter have access to guns. The interenet is everywhere. Parents are responsible for bringing up their children to be socially responsible. A thirteen year old kid is anything but responsible (I mean their mentality / maturity, I'm not giving them a pass).

Go hang out with conservatives who want more policing. Over here, we'll talk about social programs you fucking prick.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml -3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I am an asshole, that's never been in question, and I fully own it. Having said that, no amount of "social programs" is going to have any effect if fucking parents don't raise their kids right.

I'm entirely against surveillance, except when it comes to parents and keeping a close eye on everything their kids watch, browse or otherwise access (evidently making it known to the kids that "I can see EVERYTHING you see and do").

So, yeah, hang the imbecile parents that should not have had kids in the first place because a fucking social program or school would raise them instead. Fuck off.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago

social program

And thanks to the assholes in Congress who just passed the Big Betrayal Bill, those are all going away.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Teenagers are old enough to understand consequences.

In fact, my neighborhood nearly burned down last week because a teenager, despite being told "no" and "stop" multiple times - including by neighbors - decided to light off fireworks on the mountainside right behind the neighborhood.

Red arrow is my house. We were damn lucky the wind was blowing the right direction. If this had happened the day before, the neighborhood would be gone.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 3 points 13 hours ago

some day I hope to be brave enough to post pictures of my house on the internet

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes, absolutely. But with recognition that a thirteen year old kid isn't a predator but a horny little kid. I'll let others determine what that punishment is, but I don't believe it's prison. Community service maybe. Written apology. Stuff like that. Second offense, ok, we're ratcheting up the punishment, but still not adult prison.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 5 points 1 day ago

In a properly functioning world, this could easily be coupled with particular education on power dynamics and a lesson on consent, giving proper attention to why this might be more harmful to get than to him.

Of course, – so long as we're in this hypothetical world – you'd just have that kind of education be a part of sex ed. or the like for all students, to begin with, but, as we're in this world and that's Louisiana…

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

written apology? they'll just use chatgpt for that

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did say equitable punishment. Equivalent. Whatever.

A written apology is a cop-out for the damage this behaviour leaves behind.

Something tells me you don't have teenage daughters.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

No kids. That's why I say others should write the punishments. A written apology wasn't meant as the only punishment. It was in addition to community service and other stipulations.