Sextortion - the fault of the man looking for sexual thrills..

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I am pretty enraged listening to BBC2 with Jeremy Vine with a police officer (naturally a male police officer) describing the 'brutal' offence of sextortion. Basically when a man gets his bits out on line at the encouragement of an attractive woman on line, and then (surprise surprise) he gets bribed with the footage to stop her showing his family and friends what he is really like.

How is a man who gets his bits out on the internet and conducts grubby sexual acts a 'victim'? I have zero sympathy. It is a ridiculous term for what is basically a dirty man old man using younger women on line.

Rape and murder is 'brutal', assault is 'brutal' but getting your own codger out on line and then expecting public sympathy when it turns bad is deeply unimpressive and insulting to real victims of real crimes.

Why are we wasting tax payers money and police time on issues like this? I don't actually care that they are being bribed, it is their own fault. If you don't want to be in nasty situations keep your penis in your pants online.

The real victims of crime are completely overlooked and underfunded. Womens refuge centres are being closed down, no police officers for the people that are being burgled, a complete lack of policing everywhere and yet incredulously we can find huge amounts of money for this heinous crime against dirty old men?

Thoughts?

I am glad someone posted about this, as I was thinking the same thing. I don't feel sorry for these people at all. Bad form to be wanking on line for all to see in the first place. Totally down to their them if it is then used against them. I am with you op all the way.

Wow.

Well if you left the car door open and the keys in the engine, you would not be insured.

So if you are going on line and behaving like that, then expect some rotters in the philippines to cash in on your stupidity. Why wouldn't they?

Bad form to be wanking on line for all to see in the first place.

Errr why? That's the same as saying it's bad form to sleep with someone you don't know well so if a woman get's filmed against her will on a one night stand tough luck. What's wrong with wanting on the internet? (I wouldn't want to be involved but if it's consensual it's not our place to judge).

Well if you left the car door open and the keys in the engine, you would not be insured.

So you think If someone accidentally leaves the key in the car then I'm legally allowed to steal their car? Sounds like you don't know much about the law!

So you and op have utterly no sympathy or compassion for those young people who have been scammed, blackmailed and commited suicide?

That’s what you are saying?

Nice.

*I'm with you OP.

Oh poor poor men who willingly wank to a camera*

Do you say the same about women who are persuaded to take naked photos or perform sex acts on line?

Their own choice, surely? So they only have themselves to blame should someone blackmail them for the footage they didn’t know was recorded.

Well if you left the car door open and the keys in the engine, you would not be insured. By the way this is exactly the argument used against victims of rape "well if you will walk around at night wearing a short skirt"

I really couldn’t imagine anyone reading that article and not feeling so sad about what happened to this boy.

I always forget how many nasty, unforgiving, pious twats there are around.

There have been numerous suicides by victims and they're often not 'dirty old men'. Many are vulnerable people including children.

www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/29/suicide-prevention-plan-needed-for-child-victims-of-sextortion-expert-says

I always forget how many nasty, unforgiving, pious twats there are around.

Until a thread like this reminds us. Their attitude mirrors exactly the mysoginistic attitude that right wing men have towards women they consider to be "sluts".

Well if you left the car door open and the keys in the engine, you would not be insured.

Possibly not, but if someone took it they'd still be committing a crime.

I always forget how many nasty, unforgiving, pious twats there are around.

Agreed.

You're totally right OP. Being gullible and naive are the real crimes here people should stop getting themselves into stupid situations. Wish there were more as smart as you.

Old people who get robbed in their own home shouldn't get support or the crime investigated. Their own stupid fault for opening the door.

Victims of revenge porn too, stupid them for trusting their significant other.

People who've had property stolen should have secured it better.

Victims of fraud etc should have been checking their credit card statements more often. Idiots.

We can hardly blame the criminals for taking advantage now can we

Perhaps you should clue yourself up a little bit about things before you post about them?

That would shut the internet down ...

OP, you’re also being incredibly sexist concluding that these crimes must have been masterminded by men because poor little wimmin couldn’t possibly be doing it unless they’re being exploited.

It’s not exactly the crime of the century. All you need is an internet connection, a webcam and a paypal account.

Women have committed similar honeytrap crimes for centuries.