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Article AI: Putting women back in their place. A review of ‘The New Age of Sexism’ by Laura Bates

Article AI: Putting women back in their place. A review of ‘The New Age of Sexism’ by Laura Bates

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Jul 14 2025, 3:01 AM
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As the strapline, “How the AI revolution is reinventing misogyny” suggests, The New Age of Sexism is a forensic examination of the sexism and misogyny built into the latest AI-enabled technology, specifically deepfakes, the metaverse, sex robots, cyber brothels, revenge porn, and AI girlfriends, and in the development and training of AI (artificial intelligence) itself.
 
As such, the book is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the world everyone, including our children, are increasingly living in. However, I have reservations about some of Bates’s analysis.
 
Read more: https://nordicmodelnow.org/2025/07/14/ai-putting-women-back-in-their-place-a-review-of-the-new-age-of-sexism-by-laura-bates/
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Jul 14 2025, 3:01 AM #1

As the strapline, “How the AI revolution is reinventing misogyny” suggests, The New Age of Sexism is a forensic examination of the sexism and misogyny built into the latest AI-enabled technology, specifically deepfakes, the metaverse, sex robots, cyber brothels, revenge porn, and AI girlfriends, and in the development and training of AI (artificial intelligence) itself.
 
As such, the book is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the world everyone, including our children, are increasingly living in. However, I have reservations about some of Bates’s analysis.
 
Read more: https://nordicmodelnow.org/2025/07/14/ai-putting-women-back-in-their-place-a-review-of-the-new-age-of-sexism-by-laura-bates/

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Jul 14 2025, 9:57 AM
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Sexual exploitation drives so much of the modern world that I'm not surprised the world dances around it and claims to want to stop it while not doing anything much that's meaningful about it.

I thought this was interesting:

Quote:For example, a widely publicised study published in the Journal of Law and Economics recently claimed to have found evidence that liberalising prostitution laws leads to a significant decrease in rape rates.

Did rape rates actually decrease, or was the burden of rape simply shifted onto women who wouldn't feel like they were able to report it because they were working as prostitutes? Probably one of many questions not asked about that study.
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Jul 14 2025, 9:57 AM #2

Sexual exploitation drives so much of the modern world that I'm not surprised the world dances around it and claims to want to stop it while not doing anything much that's meaningful about it.

I thought this was interesting:

Quote:For example, a widely publicised study published in the Journal of Law and Economics recently claimed to have found evidence that liberalising prostitution laws leads to a significant decrease in rape rates.

Did rape rates actually decrease, or was the burden of rape simply shifted onto women who wouldn't feel like they were able to report it because they were working as prostitutes? Probably one of many questions not asked about that study.

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Jul 16 2025, 2:18 AM
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The rape rates did not decrease - they mashed up the data to make it look like they did. Please follow the links about this in the OP.
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Jul 16 2025, 2:18 AM #3

The rape rates did not decrease - they mashed up the data to make it look like they did. Please follow the links about this in the OP.

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