Thousands of women in South Korea demonstrate for greater penalties for "spy cam porn"
Source: CBS/AP
CBS/AP July 7, 2018, 8:28 PM
SEOUL, South Korea -- Thousands of South Korean women gathered in Seoul on Saturday to demand stronger government action to fight the spread of intimate photos and video taken by hidden cameras, which they say has women living in constant anxiety and distress. It was one of the country's largest female-only protest ever, BBC News reports.
Demonstrators said around 55,000 women took part, although police put the figure at around 20,000. Demonstrators called for stronger investigations and punishments against male offenders who photograph or film women without their knowledge and post the material online.
Most of the protesters covered their faces with baseball caps, sunglasses and surgical masks as instructed by organizers, who intended to speak out against an environment in which women constantly worry about tiny cameras hidden in bathrooms or being filmed from under their skirts at subway stations. However, there was criticism about the organizers' tight control over the protest and the decision to block the participation of those who weren't "biologically women."
Protesters, many of them wearing red T-shirts with signs that read "Angry women will change the world," roared in support as two women volunteered to have their heads shaved on a stage. Protesters carried placards and banners with messages like "My life is not your porn." They were were mostly teenagers or in their 20s, seen as the main victims of the hidden cameras, BBC News reports.
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