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GlitterInfection ,

Everyone stating that the first panel is a unisex rule has really not given it much thought.

Men are not punished for being sexual beings in our society nearly as harshly or frequently as women. A man is not likely to be branded a "slut" for the fact that their naked body exists and was allowed to be photographed.

Yes, it could cause men harm to steal and leak their naked photos, especially if it's wielded as a weapon in a revenge porn scenario.

But no, men do not have an equal impact on them as women do in the case of having their nudes stolen and leaked.

And I am just going to venture a guess to say that the rule in the first panel has been said to or about women significantly more often than it has to men. I've only ever heard it said about female celebrities in the news.

I say this as a gay man who has tons of nude selfies and sex videos dating back 20 years or so. Every gay man I know has nudes. It's an expected part of gay dating and hook up culture to have photos like that to share. If they were just leaked to some website I would most likely not be impacted at all in any way, even if friends found them.

That's just not the case for most women.

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