These days we don’t need
to be anywhere in the radius of an object or a person to be able to see them …
all we need is a phone. Possessing this small but powerful, nifty, little
device enables anyone anywhere to see everyone and everything that’s found its
way on to the World Wide Web; which incase you haven't noticed, is quite big.
Whether it’s
Instagram ‘cheeky Nandos’ posts (yes I know there is nothing cheeky about
chicken) or Facebooks ‘no makeup selfies’, mobile phones come armed with
cameras. Gone are the days of disposable cameras or video cassette tapes,
nowadays a quick click on an app snaps up footage in seconds, and just a few
more clicks uploads that image or video to anywhere the uploader desires.
A new term I’ve come
across lately a lot in the media is ‘revenge porn’. Sounds scary doesn't it? Referring back to what I
said in the first sentence, you no longer need to be plonked naked as sin,
smack bang in front of your man for him to be able to see you in all your
glory. I say ‘in front of your man’ because 90% of revenge porn victims are
women. A
quick naked selfie sent over for “his eyes only” or maybe your once trusted
male companion shooting a hand held home movie now results in all the power
being held literally … in his hands. Or her hands, including the 10% of females
seeking revenge through the lens of a camera.
And we wonder why there are
so many trust issues in modern day relationships?