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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
I think the issue is making it a specific offence with special penalties whereas now it's covered under a general law.
BTW I'm not against making it a special offence.
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Apparently the problem is that it's not quite covered under existing laws:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40955829
Sometimes the police will try for a prosecution but it's not easy.
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Originally Posted by Chloé Palmas
I am 5 foot 10 inches tall...and sadly have a propensity to wear ridiculously short skirts. (Forgive me on that - I age with no dignity).
If a random kid (who is shorter than me) takes a picture and it is at the height of my waist I don't want him charged and tried for something that I see no bad intent in. If I am bent over and someone else takes a picture, I kind of have to suck that up.
Personal responsibility goes a long way. If I chose to wear something short / kinky I kind of need to live with that. Taking a picture as a joke, is not worthy of being labelled a pervert.
Or for example, would taking this picture now be a crime:
https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...1&d=1529086301 |
The law isn't against taking photos where people are wearing short skirts. It's people putting cameras directly under a woman's skirt to take a photo. The police would not have trouble differentiating between that and someone who happens to be bent over in the background of another shot. In the photo you've given that clearly would not qualify.
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The lines of ambiguity are kind of all over the place here, too. Does it have to be directly below the skirt? What are the odds of that?
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Likely if that's what the person is doing and there are perverts who do precisely that.