Jennifer Lawrence Reminds Everyone How Consent Works

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/10/07/jennifer-lawrence-vanity-fair-pictures-controversy

Imbroglio over pics in 'Vanity Fair' is the latest example of women getting blamed for the crimes committed against them.





Jennifer Lawrence. (Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

October 07, 2014 By Nicole Pasulka

Staff Writer Nicole Pasulka has written for Mother Jones, BuzzFeed, The Believer, and New York Observer. She lives in New York City.

Jennifer Lawrence is on the cover of the November Vanity Fair, and in the accompanying profile she talks about going off on people who looked at the nude pictures of her that hackers stole and leaked online in August.

“Anybody who looked at those pictures, you’re perpetuating a sexual offense. You should cower with shame," she said in an interview with Sam Kashner. “Even people who I know and love say, ‘Oh, yeah, I looked at the pictures.’ I don’t want to get mad, but at the same time I’m thinking, I didn’t tell you that you could look at my naked body.”

This is common sense, but not everyone agrees. Tuesday morning, writer Felix Salmon tweeted this:



The implication is that because Lawrence allowed a magazine to show the tops of her breasts, she has no reason to be angry over nude photos of her being stolen and posted online.

Not exactly, said almost everyone who replied to Salmon’s tweet. (Salmon later tweeted an apology and said he’s not deleting the tweet, “for #shame purposes.”) But he is definitely not alone in expressing the initial sentiment; commenters at vf.com have been arguing about it all day.

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[Kalidurga]

1. Wow

would they say the same about pics of someone's bare legs implying consent. Yeah, I don't think so err at least I hope someone wouldn't say that. "I saw yer ankle ya hussy" I am glad she is speaking up. This kind of thing can literally happen to anyone even if they aren't famous, rich, or even beautiful by mainstream standards.