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Culture War Roundup for the week of December 11, 2023

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I have no trouble believing that women were modded for content that men got away with. If a guy did a squat stream that prominently displayed their ass (maybe for form demonstration reasons) would Twitch mod it for sexual content? What if a woman did the same?

What would you estimate as the ratio on Twitch of women displaying their asses to men displaying their asses salaciously? 1:1?

I would agree that the man is less likely to receive a moderation action. But I also strongly suspect that the main factor here is the viewership levels: given a certain audience size, you're equally likely to be moderated regardless of if you're male, female, or other. Having a larger audience is the culprit, not gender. And that makes sense: if a company thinks it's in its best interests to ban porn from its platform and has limited moderation resources, best to use them to target the people who have the most reach.

What would you estimate as the ratio on Twitch of women displaying their asses to men displaying their asses salaciously? 1:1?

Would you expect this to be measured with respect to hours(?) of content created, or hours of content consumed? I would wager those metrics are quite different.

What would you estimate as the ratio on Twitch of women displaying their asses to men displaying their asses salaciously? 1:1?

Part of my point is that salaciousness is something we often project on women's actions that we don't on men's, including when the woman herself does not intend her actions that way.

Otherwise I agree that having a higher viewership, being more visible, is probably a significant causal factor in being moderated.

I do agree that people bring gendered preconceptions about salacious intent, which would probably result in a woman innocently squatting being more likely to be moderated than a man innocently squatting.

Most guys I see at the gym are wearing baggy basketball shorts or joggers. Most women at the gym I see are wearing yoga pants.

There used to be a middle aged flamboyantly gay guy at my gym doing squats in compression shorts and a crop top, moaning what felt like every rep.

Was a bit funny because it was one of these cheap unmanned gyms where almost only dudes go and where a high proportion take steroids and are fairly aggressive.

Well, uh, maybe he was hoping to convince one of the steroid popping freaks to question his sexuality.

in compression shorts and a crop top

Like the underwear and women's shirt?

Sure, or like yoga pants going halfway down your thighs and a shirt that exposes your midriff.

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