so ive been raped twice before, it sucked. i hate seeing rape posts casually on my feed. its very distressing. so seeing a meme, even with a CW, can stress me out. specifically, i'm referring to the 'its day x and joe biden is still a rapist' meme. this meme sucks because it shows up in the feed and since most rape posts are comments embedded elsewhere, that means i can just avoid the comment sections of this site. however, this meme gets posted nearly every day and its just pure shock jock shit.
ive already considered leaving the site for this reason and i feel like it might be a real bar of entry for anyone that is a sexual violence victim here. im in a support group for SV and i remember when the kavanaugh hearings were all on TV, everyone was talking about how they had to keep TV's off and stick to the internet for entertainment, with heavy filters, and avoid politics altogether. so this isnt just me.
id like to ask the mods for help on this, please remove these sorts of posts featuring rape until we have a keyword filter. rape gets mentioned every couple of hours on this site and it feels like im going through a minefield. @TransComrade69 @Beatnik
also for the people posting the memes: this isnt really a diss on you, probably dont share memes like that though
and yeah, content warnings are awful, theyre either too vague or too specific and are useless for victims. ideally, sites should have keyword filters to hide content that mentions certain words.
Yeah I have been a victim to SV in the past and, while I have very much healed from it and generally do not deal with PTSD, I still find the mention of the topic or pics of Joe biden being creepy to be very uncomfortable at times. I absolutely think that avoiding the topic until filters can be put into place would be the optimal solution. I also would really like to see the development of this feature be made a priority over other features. Hats off to you for having the courage to start this discussion.
yeah i had SV stuff when i was a kid and healed from it over the course of a decade and then it happened again unfortunately and it brought back a ton of bad stuff in my head. hopefully the recovery time will be shorter this go around.
While the pain and suffering were almost unlivable at times, going thru it has shown me that humans have a truly amazing ability to heal from trauma when provided safe surroundings and supporting loved ones. I hope your healing and journey to wellbeing is swift comrade. :heart-sickle: