Buayahon. There
are those who observe keenly on the social movements looking for their prey. If
they see younger people who are vulnerable, they pounce and consume their
innocence. If they see others are born “different”, they call them names, laugh
at them and feel powerful over the weaknesses of others. They become all-time
bullies. When other people lack the aesthetics and wealth, they criticize their
looks and status as if these are attached to them from birth… as if being NOT
beautiful/handsome and poor are their mistakes.
Heinberg
(2018) said that human groups have “preyed” upon one another via two main
pathways—intragroup and intergroup—which have often intersected or run
parallel. Members of a complex society can “prey” upon other members of the
same society via slavery (including sex slavery and debt slavery), caste,
class, taxes, rents, crime, and debt; on the other hand, one society can “prey”
upon a different society through raid, invasion, plunder, conquest,
colonization, or (again) debt. In addition, members of conquered “prey”
societies can be enslaved by or absorbed into the “predator” society, becoming
a permanent underclass.
Individual
predators are those whose orientation and psychological makeup are skewed.
There are those who were maltreated as a children with power and identity were snatched from them. It is in this constant need (to fill the gap) to have power over something or
someone that they are pushed to become predators themselves.
The
article of Heinberg continued that a complex or stratified human society can be
thought of as an ecosystem. Within it, humans (all a single species), because
of their differing social classes, roles, and occupations, can act, in effect,
as different species. To the extent that some exploit others, we could say that
some act as “predators,” others as “prey.”
We
hear on the news how some older people snatch children and rape them (which
they later kill and be dumped anywhere). We hear about teachers who lure their
learners with food and clothes and later abuse them. We observe older men
salivate over young girls to the point that they give catcalls and side-comments
offensive to gender-equality.
Sexual
predators have plenty of sexual experience but it is shallow. Sex is a control operation for them. They ordain the time and place of the
encounter. Seeking a conquest is the
overriding aspect. The perpetrator cares
little what his “partner” experiences. The idea is to conquer a body, not have
a relationship. Achieving his objective
provides him with a buildup. He has sex
on his mind a great deal of the time, looking at females or young males as
potential targets (Samenow, 2017).
These
days, we have the so-called iPredators. According to Nuccitelli (2006), iPredator
is a person, group or nation who, directly or indirectly, engages in
exploitation, victimization, coercion, stalking, theft or disparagement of
others using Information and Communications Technology [ICT]. iPredators are
driven by deviant fantasies, desires for power and control, retribution,
religious fanaticism, political reprisal, psychiatric illness, perceptual
distortions, peer acceptance or personal and financial gain.
They
can be any age or gender and are not bound by economic status, race, religion
or national heritage. iPredator is a global term used to distinguish anyone who
engages in criminal, coercive, deviant or abusive behaviors using ICT. Central
to the construct is the premise that Information Age criminals, deviants and
the violently disturbed are psychopathological classifications new to humanity.
It
is for this reason that individuals, parents, and child-protection advocates must
be aware of the presence of such deviants. These persons might harm the well-being
of the children and their future might be put at stake.
Individual
reflections must also be taken by us. We might NOT be aware that we manifest symptoms of being a 21st century predator as we consume the
innocence of others; as we perform character assassination for our own benefit.
We could create gossips so to make others become weaker than us. Or we might
allow others feel helpless over the things which we make as crutches of power
like our titles and position.
In
the end, it is only our wisdom and knowledge that separate us. Yet with such,
we could make cohesion exist as we continue to make ourselves be aware of the
things around us and be a contributor of change. However small our movements
are, we can create ripples.
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