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Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls.

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[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

ruining the life of a 13 year old boy for the rest of his life with no recourse

And what about the life of the girl this boy would have ruined?

This is not "boys will be boys" shit. Girls have killed themselves over this kind of thing (I have personal experience with suicidal teenage girls, both as a past friend and as a father).

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect an equivalent punishment that has the potential to ruin his life.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 14 points 15 hours ago

Fake pictures do not ruin your life… sorry…

Our puritanical / 100% sex culture is the problem, not fake pictures…

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 12 points 17 hours ago

It is not abnormal to see different punishment for people under the age of 18. Good education about sex and what sexual assault does with their victims (same with guns, drugs including alcohol etc).

You can still course correct the behaviour of a 13 year old. There is also a difference between generating the porn and abusing it by sharing it etc.

The girls should be helped and the boys should be punished, but mainly their behaviour needs to be correcte