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posted by janrinok on Thursday March 08 2018, @04:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-we-meant-to-say-was-... dept.

Facebook asks users: should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?

Facebook has admitted it was a "mistake" to ask users whether paedophiles requesting sexual pictures from children should be allowed on its website.

On Sunday, the social network ran a survey for some users asking how they thought the company should handle grooming behaviour. "There are a wide range of topics and behaviours that appear on Facebook," one question began. "In thinking about an ideal world where you could set Facebook's policies, how would you handle the following: a private message in which an adult man asks a 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures."

The options available to respondents ranged from "this content should not be allowed on Facebook, and no one should be able to see it" to "this content should be allowed on Facebook, and I would not mind seeing it".

A second question asked who should decide the rules around whether or not the adult man should be allowed to ask for such pictures on Facebook. Options available included "Facebook users decide the rules by voting and tell Facebook" and "Facebook decides the rules on its own".

Also at The Verge, TechCrunch, The Mercury News, CNBC, and Engadget.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:17AM (13 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:17AM (#649381)

    Part of that is probably because there's more female teachers than male ones. Another part might be that girls are taught these days to watch out for sexual predators, but no one teaches boys about this.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:28AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:28AM (#649385)

    Dude, when I was a teenager at school I lusted after many of the hotter female teachers, but that was nothing to the intensity of some of the schoolgirl crushes on male teachers. I would bet that many of them would have been the instigator if they could, and would have kept it secret for ever if he handled it right.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by khallow on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:41AM (2 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:41AM (#649389) Journal

      I would bet that many of them would have been the instigator if they could, and would have kept it secret for ever if he handled it right.

      I wouldn't bet anything you aren't afraid to lose. Teenagers are really bad at keeping secrets.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @10:02AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @10:02AM (#649417)

        I wouldn't bet anything you aren't afraid to lose. Teenagers are really bad at keeping secrets.

        so are adults. Just look at Trumps cheating with pornstars and others. And that's the "president"

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by krishnoid on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:34AM (7 children)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:34AM (#649387)

    Of course you want more female teachers than male ones, because you can't trust adult males around kids, because they're all ... hey, wait a second ....

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:47AM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:47AM (#649391)

      Alternatively, males are less interested in teaching kids. It isn't exactly sunshine and rainbows job.

      • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:18AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:18AM (#649399)

        No, men are worried that a mere suggested that they would be "interested in [teaching] kids" is enough to get them labeled a pedophile.

        • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday March 08 2018, @06:10PM (1 child)

          by Freeman (732) on Thursday March 08 2018, @06:10PM (#649594) Journal

          I would say that may be the case, especially in regards to grade school, but beyond that not so much. There may be more female teachers in High School and Higher Education, but there are quite a few more male teachers compared to grade school.

          --
          Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @06:45PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @06:45PM (#651006)

            What's the relative ages? Most of the male teachers I see are getting pretty old and have been teaching since before the current panic - some in their 40's, mostly 50's and 60's .
            Are any new teachers male?

      • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:39AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:39AM (#649402)

        This is burned into our DNA by evolution:

        Fertile women are inherently of value. If you can't be one or at least pretend to be one, you are worthless by default. There is no shortage of sperm and no use for a menopausal womb.

        Many people deny it, but everybody instinctively knows it. We send men off to war, put women and children in lifeboats first, laugh when men suffer...

        Men and boys know that they must take action to show some value. This is why they take so many seemingly stupid risks. This is why they get in fights, start businesses, show off skills, show off money, and seek to acquire money. They have an instinct that drives them to this.

        Teaching kids doesn't pay. It can't pay, because teachers are a significant portion of the population and must be supported by all the other people. Men therefore avoid it. Men need money to prove their worth.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:36PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 08 2018, @07:36PM (#649648)

          laugh when men suffer...

          Haha! This is soooooo true! In fact, there is a whole TV show dedicated to laughing at men suffering, it's called "Ow, My Balls!". Or did I dream it?

        • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:36PM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday March 08 2018, @08:36PM (#649699) Journal

          Feminism will help with this, you know. At least, the sane kind, not the crazy separatists-and-TERF brigade. It's basically a branch of humanism deep down. How about we tell mother nature where to shove it, tell our DNA it's not the boss of us, and be better *humans?* Maybe it sounds weird for me to be the one saying this, but I'm horrified over the amount of male-on-male violence, when you all should be building one another up and tearing down the system that keeps throwing you in the meat grinder...

          --
          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Saturday March 10 2018, @12:42AM

    by RS3 (6367) on Saturday March 10 2018, @12:42AM (#650318)

    I surmise part of it is that boys brag about it, even if cautiously, but then the story propagates. Girls are more apt to keep the secret.