Modern Women in a City of Glass

What will it mean for women when their traditional weapon, deception, is less effective due to hugely increased, pervasive availability of information? How will women cope with living in a “City of Glass”? (I have taken this expression from its use in relation to Calvin’s Geneva: Calvin’s theocracy in Geneva as a “city of glass”)

Here is a recent example of how the pervasiveness of surveillance technology in the UK (CCTV and electronic messaging) helped to clear a professional athlete accused of rape:

http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4123455/David-Goodwillie-Ill-sue-over-rape-lies.html

And another example of DNA testing helping a man catch his wife passing off another man’s child as his own:

A Heartening Trend

And there is facial recognition software:

http://retrophoebia.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/automated-slut-shaming/

Same idea, from a “bimbo”, who says she finds the idea a turn-on:

http://likethemsoftanddumb.tumblr.com/post/78273141712/spy-porn

On the other hand, look at this picture:

[I have removed the picture of a naked young woman because I seem to be the only person currently hosting it, and it seemed kinder to her to remove the evidence. She looked like a nice girl.]

I am no expert, but that woman looks like “the girl next door”. She does not seem to be a bimbo. In fact, she looks a bit the opposite. There is nothing flashy about her (not even her teeth!) She looks like she might be Scottish or English to me. She also looks shy. I wonder who took the photo and why.

In any case, the picture is on the Internet. Maybe it will never be a problem for her, in the future, but I can imagine that quite a lot of men might not be pleased if they were to find that picture of their intended bride. Or if a “friend” pointed it out to him.

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