In Italy this week a woman committed suicide after a sex tape she sent to her ex-boyfriend and three others was posted online without her permission. The video had been viewed by 1 million people and she was ridiculed by many for the video. She had apparently won a law suit to have the video taken down, but the damage was already done. She went so far as to change her name and move to get away from the negative attention, but I suppose for her she could never escape the violation she experienced.
We discussed in class how there was possibly a law(?) trying to be put in affect to charge people who use sexually explicit content as revenge. Though I am unsure of the motive to place the sex tape online, it is my opinion that this kind of action should not be condoned. I personally cannot imagine how violating it would feel to have something that personal displayed for the whole world to see, especially without my permission. I am saddened that this woman had to go through that. No matter how you view her decision to send out the video in the first place, it was clear it was not meant for the public eye.
The four men who posted the video are under investigation. Maybe justice will be served, but it will not change the fact that a woman is dead because of the action of four men.
It is so sad to see that in order to feel some kind of peace she had to commit suicide. People never realize what damage they can cause others with their own actions. At the time of making the video, I'm sure she would have never imagined that this would happen to her. Whether or not the four men get punished, the damage is done like you said.
ReplyDeleteI hope this women gets some justice. It is sad to hear she had to resort to committing suicide to truly stop all the actions brought up by the posting of her personal life. Its pretty sad how in reality most governments are so in favor of men that they probably wont even do anything to these men or find anything against them and that is what is truly sickening.
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