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Over the past few years, women say they have been banned from the site and seen their pages removed for posting images of cupcakes iced like labia, pictures of breastfeeding mothers and photographs of women post-mastectomy.

Yet images currently appearing on the site include a joke about raping a disabled child, a joke about sex with an underage girl and image after image after image of women beaten, bloodied and black-eyed in graphic domestic violence "jokes".

There are countless groups with names such as "Sum sluts need their throats slit" and "Its Not 'rape' If They're Dead And If They're Alive Its Surprise Sex".

"Daddy f*cked me and I loved it"

A Facebook spokesperson insisted: "There is no place on Facebook for hate speech or content that is threatening or incites violence."

"We take reports of questionable and offensive content very seriously," said the Facebook spokesperson. "However, we also want Facebook to be a place where people can openly discuss issues and express their views, while respecting the rights and feelings of others. Groups or pages that express an opinion on a state, institution, or set of beliefs – even if that opinion is outrageous or offensive to some – do not by themselves violate our policies."

Each image normalises gender-based violence, sending the message to both victims and perpetrators that ours is a culture that doesn't take it seriously.

Facebook clearly accepts representations of some forms of violence, namely violence against women, as qualitatively different from others."

The Facebook spokesperson said: "It's not Facebook's job to define what is acceptable.

"You have a choice to have sex, I have the choice to rape you.""If you don't stop giving me shit I'll pay four of my friends to gang rape you.""Go ahead, call the cops – they can't un-rape you.""The only reason you have been put on this planet is so we can fuck you. Please die."