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would scare the female by sending a message: ¡°This post
The Nth Room can be viewed as perpetrators who could
has been reported, enter your personal information through
express their abnormal sexual desires in a secret room.
this link and respond to the investigation.¡± If there was no
However, it must be known that illegal filming such as the
reply, Godgod would threaten to contact their parents. When
Nth room is a serious criminal offense. Spreading illegal
the personal information was submitted, he would require a
pornography without any sense of guilt is a serious personal
headshot for identification, which was followed by her whole
problem.
body,breasts,undressed,andthedemandsgrew.Eventhough,
the victim knew something was wrong, if hesitant, Godgod
Feelingasenseofsocialdeprivation
wouldthreatentoleakpersonalinformation.Thethreatsand
KukminIlbopublishedanarticlewiththetitle,¡°WeakMen
messagescontinued,answerswereurgedtobefaster,andthe
ObsessoverSexualExploitation¡±includingthattheNthroom
pressuredidnotstop.
¡°explicitly exposes the antisocial group¡¯s psychology of the
Baksaopenlytalkedabouthowhecouldmaketwo¡°slaves¡±
distortedperpetrators.¡±TeamFlamecalledtheseperpetrators
eachday.Usually,Baksawouldlurevictimsintohighlypaid
¡°losers,¡± and analyzed them as people who were not socially
part-time jobs. Asking victims to ¡°model¡± or for ¡°online
accepted and used cyberspace as way of expressing their
dating¡±therebyrequestingnon-explicitphotosofthemselves.
anger.
Personal information was easily collected as Baksa would
In the United States, the term ¡°incel,¡± short for involuntary
sayitwasrequiredfortheemploymentcontract.Thevictims,
celibates, describes misogynists. Believing in male
surprisedbythehighwage,weresoonafteraskedforhighly
superiority, after being rejected by women, the sense of
explicitphotos.Iftheyrefused,thethreatsbegan.
loneliness is turned into a form of anger. In 2014, Elliot
Even if a victim hesitated, their friend¡¯s list was captured
Rodger uploaded himself on YouTube expressing his anger
andwasusedtothreaten.Thisishowvictimsbecame¡°slaves.¡±
towardsthegirlwhorejectedhim.Hethenconductedamass
shooting near the University of California, Santa Barbara,
killingsixpeoplebeforekillinghimself.
WhydidsuchanincidentastheNthroomoccur?
The Nth Room can be viewed as a group of men who were
not accepted by society and wanted to oppress others to
Problemsderivedfromindividualissues
receivevicarioussatisfaction.
Overlookedcybercrimesduetoanonymity
As cyber space is actively used there are a growing
Owningpsychologicaldefects
number of users abusing it for crime. Because of public
March 25 at Seoul Jogno Police Station, when Baksa
misconceptions, those individuals¡¯ crimes are tolerated
received the question ¡°Do you have anything to say to the
in the virtual space. Ahn Chae-yeon attending Virgina
victims,¡± Cho Ju-bin replied, ¡°Thank you for ending the
Commonwealth University (VCU) mentioned, ¡°I think I
life of a demon that I could not stop.¡± He responded to the
thoughtsoaswellwhenIwasyoung.Iusedtobeabullyon
question,withoutanymentiontothevictims.Weremeninside
the internet because no one knew who I was online. Offline
the Nth room insensible to women? Oh Ju-yeon, EICC ¡¯17,
I was just a quiet girl.¡± These keyboard warriors will hide
shares,¡°Itisaproblemthattheydonotseewomenashuman
behindtheirmonitors,usethepowerofanonymity,andstarta
beings,butinsteadsimplyassexualinstruments,ortoysmen
fightonlinethinkingnoonewillknowwhotheyare.
canplayfullyhandle.¡±
¨ÏTheSafety.US
News
¨ÏSBS
¡ã The internet anonymity is becoming a serious problem.
¡ã Baksa, Cho Ju-bin, is answering the journalists.
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