An Open Letter to Facebook

[redqueen]

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However, a few things have been bothering me lately. I don’t know who is running things over there at Facebook headquarters, but to me it seems like a bunch of men who enjoy women, but only on their own terms. There seems to be a bit of hypocrisy and misogyny all rolled into one, and I do not understand the inconsistent approach you are taking when implementing rules. Let me direct you to your own policy on pornography:

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Now, I do agree with the need to censor pornographic material from a social site that children will see, but here is where the inconsistencies come into play. Below are some screenshots of just a few Facebook pages that you can easily find with a click of a button. As we can see, it seems like the men of Facebook love to celebrate women when it is in a sexual manner that is visually appealing to them.

These pages have hundreds of thousands of likes and have been up for months. If you scroll through the photo galleries you will find pictures of women completely exposed, pictures of unconsenting women on camera phones that bitter ex-boyfriends send into the page to “Expose These Sluts,” and countless other pictures that clearly violate the terms, but are never removed.

I am a co-owner of a Facebook page that is directed towards moms. We are advocates, and we enjoy what we do. We have a fan base of around 14,000 people right now– it is a place for women to come to get support with breastfeeding, parenting issues, birthing options, and just have a place to connect with like-minded mothers. Today I posted an anatomical drawing of a vulva; something that looks like a page out of an anatomy textbook. It was posted for educational purposes to help women get to know their bodies, learn the proper terms, as a learning tool for their children if need be. Within 3 hours, the photo was removed and my account that is linked to our page was banned for 30 days.

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http://motherwiselife.org/2013/03/11/an-open-letter-to-facebook/

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. not just Facebook

just saying.

and not just men, either.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

2. Perhaps some men who like the sexual displays have little interest in learning the anatomy....

as they would then lose any excuse for being inept!

I agree with Tuesday Afternoon, however, I'd be inclined to think women were also behind this removal.

[ismnotwasm]

5. There is an alternate sexuality club

That used to put on non-sexualized live displays of women's perineum for teaching purposes. This club is primarily SMBD--so if the models or instructor get anything out of I don't know, but I had a couple male friends interested and found it helpful. Since this is display and deliberately not sexualized, the guys were able to separate that aspect out and concentrate on actual anatomy and what it does and doesn't, do. You're not going to find anything like that outside of sex clubs. No positive instruction, and this reaction when someone tries is just depressing.


I've met adult women who don't realize they have a urethra and a vagina. It's really too bad how people percieve and treat sexuality and sexual anatomy, as evidenced this Facebook bullshit.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

6. It is so sad the way we have made shame the primary emotion related to human anatomy.

The FB illustration lacked at least one detail I notice in a brief scan. I refused to make my children ashamed of their bodies or their sexuality.

[Laelth]

3. There is a deep-seated, cultural double-standard, no doubt.

Facebook is but a reflection of that, I suspect, but I also admire your willingness to fight for justice and fairness.

-Laelth

[jehop61]

4. How about Huffington Post?

Their pages are bordering on pornographic and resemble tabloids.

[redqueen]

7. You obviously haven't read much about facebook from feminists lately. nt