“That’s basically child pornography that you’re looking at, that you’re gratifying yourself with, and I think that’s disgusting.” Jennifer was particularly infuriated because some of the intimate photos being shared were of underage girls. “We really hope that we will find justice-not just for us, but for all the victims on the gdrive.” After bringing it to the Discipline Office’s attention, Jennifer shares that they’re not allowed to disclose how the case is progressing. They both reached out to as many people in the files as they could and together they thought of what to do next. The man was also a victim, and wanted to seek justice too. The text was asking if she knew about the sensitive content of her that was being shared on the internet. “When I opened it, my heart just dropped” Jennifer says. Jennifer, who faced a similar ordeal as Guennavie, recalls watching the Green Archers in a basketball game when she received a message from a stranger. “This is sheer objectification of women,” Jennifer Mizzi (IV, AB-OCM) says regarding the issue.
More than just an invasion of privacy, the act of sharing intimate content of an individual without their consent is a form of sexual violence. Imagine, everyday knowing that some people may be looking at your body through the pictures.”
She shares that sometimes when she sees people staring at her in the hallways as she walks to class, she feels like “disappearing” as the thought of them seeing it runs through her mind. “You know, at this point, it is my photo since people think that it is me.” Regardless that the photos weren’t her at all but some other victim, she had to deal with the repercussions of having her name attached to the file. Hindi na siya kaya itago and I really just had to speak for myself and be strong about the issue and that’s what the other people are saying to me too, that if it’s what’s going to clear my mind at the moment, just do it instead of just hiding it like before.” she says.
“I don’t know where it originated but when I saw all of the photos in the folder that were labeled under my name sumabog na ako. Each folder was labeled with the subject’s name, ID number, and corresponding university.Īfter nearly a year of enduring pointed glances and whispers from strangers, she found the courage to speak out about her experience online. Alongside the folder titled with her name were several other folders of a number of girls. By then it had become a set of intimate images compiled under a folder, but it was not just her in the drive. It wasn’t until April this year that Guennavie finally saw the alleged photographs of her which were stored on a public drive. At first, Guennavie shrugged it off because she knew it was not her in the photograph, but as more and more people began asking her about it, she became increasingly aware of how the pictures and the rumors were spreading. Nightmare was the reality Guennavie de Mesa (IV, BS-IBS) had to face when an intimate photograph of a girl had surfaced on the internet with her name attached to it. But what happens when someone takes advantage of that trust? What happens when these intimate images are not, in fact, as private as they thought? The general consensus is that these pictures are private-not meant to be shared to others. With variations of send nudes memes taking over our newsfeed, the act of asking and sending images have become imbedded in popular culture. The rise of social media applications such as Instagram and Snapchat have given many access to images that show the intimate details in one’s life including some which were never meant to be shared to the public in the first place.ĭue to social media and the ease in which we can share information through it, sexting-the act of sending and receiving sexual content such as nude photographs-has become more widespread. Thumbs up for memes, double tap for that vacation photo, angry react at the barrage of fake news invading our space.Įveryday, hundreds and thousands of photos are posted and shared online through social media. We swipe open our screens, tap through hundreds of apps, and mindlessly slogging through the vast amount of information available at the tips of our fingers.
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