Physical, Physical And Social Effects Of Pornography

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This memorandum is intended to cover the three points of emotional, physical and social effects of revenge porn on a victim.
To start off, revenge porn is the act of maliciously submitting nude photographs of ex lovers onto a website for the world to see. This is an invasion of privacy that has become very widespread over the last few years. These websites not only allow people to anonymously post others pornographic pictures but also allow these people to provide the victim’s contact information, which ultimately endangers the victim’s reputation and safety.
Arianna and Bradley were in a relationship from May of 2012 until December of 2013. During their relationship they lived together and had a sexual relationship; over the course of the relationship pornographic photos were taken by Bradley of Arianna on September of 2012 in their apartment bedroom; 17 pictures were taken in total that day and were saved on Bradley’s computer. Arianna also “sexted” pictures to Bradley from her mobile phone on multiple occasions. In October of 2013 they filmed a tape of themselves having sex in their home; the file was kept in a locked folder on Arianna’s laptop.
On December of 2013 Arianna ended the relationship with Bradley after Arianna had had enough of his overprotective behavior and because she had stopped loving him. Bradley was angry in early February of 2014 when Arianna entered into a new relationship because Bradley was still in love with her. On February 14, 2014, Bradley posted [3] of the pictures of Arianna on several social media websites. Bradley then sent links to the photographs to Arianna’s employer and family to try and ruin every relationship she had left. When she asked him to remove the pictures he denied and submitted th...

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...e privacy of that other person is guilty of disorderly conduct, which is a misdemeanor.”
Bradley is found guilty under this law because he took pornographic photographs of Arianna without her consent in a private residence area.
The emotional psychological and social distress that came from this incident should be enough to successfully conclude that what Bradley did was wrong and an invasion of privacy that is illegal.
The fact that nude images were uploaded online without the consent of the victim should apply to the law under California Penal Code 647(j)(4). Although some photographs were taken herself, the fact of the matter is that they were taken in confidentiality and were meant to remain in private.
This problem is being taken too lightly and the emotional and social effects that the victim undergoes after incidents like this should be deeply regarded.

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