Definitions
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- noun The covert,
voyeuristic photographing of a woman'sunderwear up herskirt .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In 2009, security officials were on alert after reported incidents of "upskirting" with hidden cameras.
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In 2009, security officials were on alert after reported incidents of "upskirting" with hidden cameras.
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In 2009, security officials were on alert after reported incidents of "upskirting" with hidden cameras.
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In 2009, security officials were on alert after reported incidents of "upskirting" with hidden cameras.
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In 2009, security officials were on alert after reported incidents of "upskirting" with hidden cameras.
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In 2009, security officials were on alert after reported incidents of "upskirting" with hidden cameras.
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We're unhappily familiar with the ways that new imaging technology can be used to satisfy old-fashioned desires - just think how the proliferation of cameraphones has brought a surge in "upskirting", or taking surreptitious photos up a woman's skirt.
Gizmodo 2010
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"Although there are already some offences concerning certain specific uses of surveillance devices, such as stalking or 'upskirting', and while offensive behaviour of any nature in a public place is unlawful, there is no specific offence concerned with the grossly offensive use of a surveillance device."
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In 2009, security officials were on alert after reported incidents of "upskirting" with hidden cameras.
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In 2009, security officials were on alert after reported incidents of "upskirting" with hidden cameras.
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Ruth Lewis, a sociologist and co-author of Digital Gender-Sexual Violations, found that men who engaged in so-called “upskirting” – taking a picture up the skirt of a woman without her consent – wanted “to get kudos from other men for taking great photos that are risky” without being caught.
‘They said: aren’t you that porn star?’ The woman hunting down image-based abuse Ingri Bergo 2022
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Digital image-based sexual abuse – a catch-all phrase that includes deepfake pornography, so-called “upskirting” and “revenge porn”, a term rejected by activists for implying the victim has done something wrong – is a global problem on the rise.
‘They said: aren’t you that porn star?’ The woman hunting down image-based abuse Ingri Bergo 2022
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