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are u telling me that's not Shion overwatch
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"there is nothing you can do because sexual predators are everywhere" youre SO close to getting it.
but no i do not think we should accept systemic oppression and abuse just because we as individuals cannot change it ourselves.
notice how every comment is just victim blaming
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I love how some men will insist women aren’t marginalized while we’re STILL being blamed for everything men do. Take for example:
Ethan Klein cheats on his wife with a superfan he hired, yet somehow the alleged mistress gets the blame? Not the married man with a wife and kids? Not the person who actually made the vows? Not the one benefitting from the power imbalance?
Pokimane speaks out about feeling violated after Atrioc was caught looking at sexual deepfakes of her and other female streamers, and SHE gets accused of starting a hate campaign? As if she owes the man who violated her boundaries forgiveness, and withholding it somehow makes HER the villain???
Jane Doe goes to a frat party, as college students do, and gets sexually assaulted. Suddenly, the conversation becomes about HER “poor decisions” and how holding the perpetrators accountable might ruin the perpetrators’ futures. Not the assault. Not the men who committed it. HER choices.
This is patriarchy. This is what it looks like.
Men are given endless grace, excuses, and the benefit of the doubt, while women are expected to carry the blame, manage the fallout, and protect the feelings and futures of the very men who harmed them.
And if women refuse to play along? Then we’re accused of being vindictive, unreasonable, or hysterical. Right…
Rape culture doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s reinforced by the everyday misogyny that teaches us to empathize with the men who cause harm while scrutinizing the women who experienced it.
If your first instinct is to protect a man’s reputation instead of questioning his behavior, you’re not being fair or objective. You’re reinforcing the exact culture that allows this shit to continue. Do better.
hi everyone, i want to clarify some things about what i said on stream yesterday.
1) when he was first caught looking at paywalled, deepfake content of female streamers, it seems people forgot that the specific page shown on his stream was of me.
i didn't say much at the time because i was so uncomfortable, publicly humiliated, and i didn't think it needed explaining because it was so obviously wrong.
2) i appreciate that he spent thousands of dollars helping remove ai/df content (3000$ of which was offered to me specifically), but i've had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars towards that same effort. regardless, no amount of money undoes what happened.
3) i'm not trying to cancel anyone or be the arbiter of who can do what. i'm simply sharing my feelings about something that publicly happened to me, and the ways in which it's affecting me today.
as he's become more involved in events and with people close to me, i've grown particularly uncomfortable. as far as i know, no one has really checked in with the women affected about how it makes them feel. other people forgiving him is their choice, but it doesn't mean i can't share my perspective on it as well.
one thing i've seen happen far too often is the rewriting of history, particularly as it pertains to issues like these, so i prefer to stand my ground so the narrative doesn't get twisted. hope this clarifies things!
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OP downplays actions taken saying Atrioc has ”spent thousands but she has spent hundreds of thousands.” Atrioc has spent $122k to take down deepfakes via Ceartas. He's also donated 60k to to the Morrison Rothman law firm to help female streamers targeted by deepfakes.
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"The purpose of the harassing comments is to silence women, to keep us from existing publicly. Poki is a lightning rod. A lot of people commenting on the situation aren't necessarily fans of Atrioc, they're just misogynistis on the internet who do not miss any opportunity".
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I'm not a streamer and I don't really like Pokimane, but if my coworker was looking at DF content of me, I'd never forgive them and would be disgusted if my friends continued being friends with them
its frankly horrific and scary that so many people dont understand
