I think sometimes in debates there is a temptation to pretend the opposition's position is totally unreasonable. Sometimes that involves misrepresenting their argument. I think we all do it. I think we've been carelessly substituting the phrase "asking for it" for the concept that these girls should have known the pictures might end up circulating on the internet (as should we all). Likewise, the other side is carelessly substituting "nice tits" for the disparaging, violent, rude and / or shaming comments we're actually concerned about.
The fact is, it is reasonable to believe we should all be aware that pictures of us could end up on the internet and behave accordingly, and it is ALSO reasonable to be concerned about a web page that harvests photos without the consent of the subjects and takes a general tone of **** shaming, objectification and hate.
I think it's a question of where our focus is, rather than a disagreement in principle. They're focused on the behavior of the women in the photos, we're focused on the behavior of the people making offensive and disparaging comments. For myself, I actually don't think there's anything wrong with wearing a bikini or pasties in public, so the women's behavior is not an issue for me. For the girl who was giving a guy a BJ at a party, well, maybe she should have considered that it would probably make her internet famous. But still, it's not behavior that concerns me as much as **** shaming.
