UK: Upskirting to become crime carrying two-year sentence

[NihilSustinet]

Yes, it's a crime but two years seems severe.

Who is Gina Martin?

its a form of sexual assault. 2 years seems pretty lenient.

[Adapter]

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C...t_requirements

Consent is required to take a picture in your country.

Even if it was true, it would still be allowed in the majority of the civilized world.

Over here consent is mainly needed for publishing, but even that is changing lately due to a case where someone posted a pic of a thief on social media.
We have more stricts rules for stuff like taking portraits, but it doesn't matter either, because all those laws pertain to taking photos that allow people to be identified.
Taking a photo of someone's hand or leg or butt does not fall into that category.

Criminalizing it to the point of prison time seems weird to me. What's the next step? Prison time for looking up while standing under escalators?

[Independent voter]

its a form of sexual assault. 2 years seems pretty lenient.

Car theft might get you as little as a year in country jail. If the car isn't worth much.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Yes, it's a crime but two years seems severe.

Who is Gina Martin?

Why the fuck do you make threads and link to articles that you don't even read?

And I feel absolutely zero motivation for attempting to protect people doing these things, so let the prison sentence be a threat looming over them. Maximum sentence =/= what's actually handed out in any case.

[crakerjack]

I mean who is that much of a loser that they feel compelled to do such an act? Scum like that deserve to have their teeth kicked in if caught in the act. Go watch porn if you ever feel the need to violate someone in public.

[Paradoxical]

Up-skirting is pretty much a victim-less act. The only thing that gets hurt is the woman's feelings. Would be great if we stopped caring so much about people's feelings.

[NihilSustinet]

Car theft might get you as little as a year in country jail. If the car isn't worth much.

k?

/10char

[AmbivalentOne]

its a form of sexual assault. 2 years seems pretty lenient.

LOL, sexual assault even though there is no physical contact?

Women in the West are TRULY spoiled if they think upskirting is such an abomination they need to contend with.

[Najnaj]

I prefer the death penalty for child porn and molestation. If you prey on kids then you have no right to draw breathe.

Until you go over a bit of statistics are realize that former victims of pedos are more likely to become predators. It is a mental illness, not an evil.

[StanShady]

Upskirting hardly affects the supposed victims. I mean really, somebody took a picture of your underwear (which you should be wearing unless you are a slut) without your permission? How traumatic. How truly traumatic.

[ohwell]

i think creeps like that need severe punishments....its like child porn or molestation of children needs to be a life sentence to deter these sick minded people

Don't wear a skirt in public if you don't want your underside exposed? Can I sue for sexual harassment if a gust of wind blows their skirt up? If not then upskirting shouldn't really be a crime. They're taking a picture of something that is exposed to the public. Inb4 "you need to go to lengths to do so" when you could simply be below someone and bam right there. So is it only if you put your phone under them or is it if you simply take ANY photo of a woman's undercarriage? In the US if someone streaks, you're allowed to take as MANY photos as you want because they exposed themselves in public.

Edit:

I want to start a trend of taking a picture of women's boobs in public. Not exposed ones, but just what's visible just looking, but obviously focussed on their boobs. Perfectly legal, but I bet this will be the next upskirting. I'm 100% gay as the day is long so it's merely to make a point.

[draynay]

Upskirting hardly affects the supposed victims. I mean really, somebody took a picture of your underwear (which you should be wearing unless you are a slut) without your permission? How traumatic. How truly traumatic.

Did you really need to make three accounts to say the same thing three times?

[NihilSustinet]

Upskirting hardly affects the supposed victims. I mean really, somebody took a picture of your underwear (which you should be wearing unless you are a slut) without your permission? How traumatic. How truly traumatic.

are you really defending upskirting? really? i think you need to sit back and think about the person youve become.

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Don't wear a skirt in public if you don't want your underside exposed? Can I sue for sexual harassment if a gust of wind blows their skirt up? If not then upskirting shouldn't really be a crime. They're taking a picture of something that is exposed to the public. Inb4 "you need to go to lengths to do so" when you could simply be below someone and bam right there. So is it only if you put your phone under them or is it if you simply take ANY photo of a woman's undercarriage? In the US if someone streaks, you're allowed to take as MANY photos as you want because they exposed themselves in public.

Edit:

I want to start a trend of taking a picture of women's boobs in public. Not exposed ones, but just what's visible just looking, but obviously focussed on their boobs. Perfectly legal, but I bet this will be the next upskirting. I'm 100% gay as the day is long so it's merely to make a point.

same as above.

[Stormdash]

Zack Snyder films hardest hit.

[Floopa]

Car theft might get you as little as a year in country jail. If the car isn't worth much.

so you're calling women property.

lmao

get the fuck out idiot, this is a perfectly acceptable law. 2 years is too small imo, should've been 5.

[Tulune]

i don't wearskirts or dresses, but if i did and i ever caught someone doing that, prison would not be needed. A trip to the hospital would.

[Crillam]

Tbh 2 years seems good.

[Daedius]

What are you in for?

Killed a man, in here for a few years... you?

Took a picture of womens' knickers. In here for 6 years for 3 seperate accounts...

The fuck is wrong with you, creep?!



:V

[Lochton]

Yes, it's a crime but two years seems severe.

Who is Gina Martin?

Sounds fair enough..

[jackofwind]

Upskirting hardly affects the supposed victims. I mean really, somebody took a picture of your underwear (which you should be wearing unless you are a slut) without your permission? How traumatic. How truly traumatic.

Today I learned that going commando makes you a slut. The world we live in.