This news article, “Anorexic women targeted by 'super-skinny' porn websites” in The Guardian reports on how some anorexic women in the UK were fell victim to pornography agencies from sexual harassment online to having be tricked and forced to take nude photos under captive situation in reality.
I have learned that there has been a wave of skinny models for the fashion industry but I am shocked to learn that there is anorexia porn where skinny women, diagnosed with anorexia are the victims of pornography agents online. Some with eating disorder escaped from the world of anorexia porn, but not all were that fortunate. It was shocking to see that, a woman in the report had eventually died of heart failure after her desperate escape from being first captive to starve and then forced to take porn shoots by an anorexia pornography agent.
Sadly, I feel there are hardly any morals in the internet. In my opinion, people are seemingly more ethical in reality due to laws and regulations set in society. Shouldn’t they be ethical in the cyber-world as well in a similar sense? But when the internet is unrestricted and boundary free, who cares about being caught? In this case from the gender point of view, these women were obviously the “prey”, their anorexia emphases the state of physical vulnerability, which made easy target for the “perpetrators” (Men in this case) in the cyberspace and in reality. The level of cyber-stalking has raise to another level, from “stalking” to committing “sexual assaults” to the victims.
When these women posted their photos online, their privacy is no longer private. The photos presumably supporting for pro-anorexia websites consequently turned into sexual gratification for the perverts. Women suffering anorexia should be vigilant when posting their photos for health advice on the internet. Meanwhile, education is important in reducing such crimes. Ultimately, the perpetrators or rather, the “perverts” should be prosecuted at all cause!
Source
Hobbs, N. “Anorexic women targeted by 'super-skinny' porn websites” The Guardian 6 April 2011. 12 April 2011. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/06/anorexic-women-targeted-by-porn-websites>.
Source of Image
"Anorexic-back-007." Photograph. “Photo in the News: Anorexic women targeted by 'super-skinny' porn websites.” The Guardian. 6 April 2011. 12 April 2011. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/06/anorexic-women-targeted-by-porn-websites>.
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