Ladies, We Need To Talk AI Misogyny: The new age of sexism, with Laura Bates
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Sep 15, 2025 
Laura Bates, feminist writer and researcher on gendered abuse, shares her experience of having an AI‑generated sexually violent image made of her. She explores how deepfake pornography, cyber brothels, sex robots and online communities weaponize women’s images. The conversation spotlights tech failures, legal gaps and why these harms replay old misogyny in new, more pervasive forms.
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Deepfakes Weaponise Local Context
- Deepfake tools are now cheap and easy, enabling thousands of sites to host realistic pornographic images of local women.
- Sites often pair deepfakes with victims' addresses and profiles, spreading abuse across communities and schools.
Old Misogyny, New Tools
- The technology is new but the misogyny driving it is ancient: deepfakes are a tool to subjugate and silence women.
- Laura frames the abuse as exertions of male dominance intended to put women back in their place.
Deepfake Market Is Almost Exclusively Female
- Deepfake porn overwhelmingly targets women: most apps are built to map women's bodies because demand is almost exclusively male.
- Laura notes roughly 99% of pornographic deepfakes feature women, highlighting gendered design.
