James Mightypen

THE POCKET VERSE OF CRUELTY

Technology was meant to be an inventory of knowledge, a documentary where past, present, and future events were recorded. A virtual museum where culture could be preserved for generations yet unborn to witness the life before them as though it was then, but is it?

They call it different names, some call it cyberspace, some call it the internet, while some call it the world wide web, yet, they all mean one thing and perform one common function—a reservoir of knowledge. Each name given, describes its purpose in the users’ perspective.

Like spiders, whose web serve myriads of purposes; from a home, to a trap for preys, as a means of transportation, and also as a defense system against predators. This world wide web performs a plethora of functions, but for the purpose of the 16 days of activism against Digital Gender Based violence against the girl child and women, this essay will focus on the misuse of this Digital verse in support of the afore mentioned menace.

Like spiders who use their webs as traps to tangle their preys, this world wide web is used defyingly to tangle the human preys; world wide. Who is this prey in question? The victims of this defiance is the delicate human with well defined contours and curvatures, a special feature bestowed on her by nature, but has become a stepping stone for mockery, specifically when she tries to express her right to freedom of speech, or when the world finds her curvatures not bulging enough to arouse their lust. Her delicate skin and fragile heart leaves her vulnerable to this virtual world of cruelty. The human In question is the girl child.

Conversely, this supposed web of knowledge has suddenly turned into a battlefield where posts are sharpened into swords with words, this swords are wielded by bloggers, content creators, memers, etc and are used in slicing her reputations, comments pierces her heart like daggers sent down the spine, and reactions are used to describes true intentions of mockery. It shot like gunshots to her dignity.

These words drop like bombshells, shattering the integrity of the girl child and her confidence, it cuts deeper than a double edged sword but leaves no physical bruice, and no physical injury but pain pulsing through her veins yet the world could not see. it destroys something far greater; stealing everything the girl child ever stood for, making her a mediocre of her own self. Her pride is shattered into fragments of shame. no one cares about what and how she feels. And she's left helpless and made to feel worthless.

Her sadness is an achievement to those living in this web of profanity, and feeding off her inferiority until she's left feeble and timid.

A ding! In her phone clouds her aura with terror; her deepfaked nudes is boldy script on the headline of pepertrators blogs seeking to make billions while her dignity and integrity is shattered into billion pieces. Trolls become welcoming messages in her inbox. Each chat is a dignity stolen, each comment feels like a confident lost, each call is her integrity strangled in this web of harassment. The life she lives is no longer hers but the netizens.

Digital violence is a poison that taints reputations, it spreads darkness where light once lived. It is a cage with bars forged from cruelty, trapping hearts in invisible prison. And should never be encouraged.

we can destroy this cage of silence, break these bars of cruelty. and make this digital world a safe haven for the girl child, by not being st*****rs of rights but advocates and protectors. Through the power of empathy, the weight of pain that a post would cause can be measured, and hence a desist from such post

Also, making only credible post that sparks development, empowerment and awareness on the need to disembark from gender based violence can help curb this menace. Creating of people's deepfakes in the name of content should be discouraged, together with avoiding slanderous comments.

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