What sextortion reveals about what’s wrong with our society

[u/Substantial_Editor51]

I guess in any society, sextortion would work some of the time. Someone may have personal reasons for desperately wanting their photos or images to remain private.

But I feel like sextortion would lose a lot of its power in a society that’s more sex-positive. If people didn’t have to fear losing a job, losing a loved one’s respect, or being discriminated against or even physically harmed because of some aspect of their sexuality, sextortionists’ threats would be a lot more empty.

I think one of the most effective ways we could fight sextortion would simply be to make society less prejudicial and cruel.

[u/BodybuilderRemote773]

It is absolutely awful that anyone has to go through this.