Was weibliche Creator im Internet aushalten müssen ist absurd
Eine kleine Minderheit an toxischen Männern macht das Internet für Frauen kaputt.
Die Journalistin Taylor Lorenz schreibt in ihrem Newsletter:
For Passionfruit this week, I wrote about what I’m calling the The Female Creator Safety Tax. In a recent interview with YouTube duo Colin and Samir, Pokimane, the most-followed woman on Twitch, opened up about the substantial financial burden she bears to ensure her safety. “I literally have people that I have to pay monthly to essentially scour and see whether my address is online anywhere and then take it down,” she added. “I wish that wasn’t the case.
Pokimane revealed that she spends over five figures a month on various security measures. The money goes to protect her from myriad threats, including doxxing, deepfakes, unauthorized use of her likeness, and stalking. She has hired teams to scour the internet for personal information. She’s even renovated her living spaces to prevent recognition from leaked photos.
Though male creators also deal with security threats, female creators attract far more scrutiny and are forced to bear extremely high financial costs of protecting their safety. And despite the growing prominence of many female creators, widespread safety solutions tailored to their needs are severely lacking.
This absence forces female creators to shoulder what can be termed a "safety tax." The female creator safety tax represents the additional, often substantial, financial and social costs required to protect themselves from threats that disproportionately target women.
The creators of "The Bop House," a collective of OnlyFans models, had to hire security due to fans showing up uninvited at their residence. On Monday, a deranged stalker of one of the Bop House founders, an OnlyFans creator named Sophie Rain, was arrested after a standoff with a SWAT team and the Coast Guard.
Ignoring threats or misjudging safety protocols can have devastating consequences. In 2016, YouTuber Christina Grimmie was fatally shot by a stalker after he spent months tracking her online. Until the public and law enforcement agencies begin to take threats against women seriously, women creators will continue to shoulder the burden of increased safety costs.
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