Toni
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The right to privacy is based on a reasonable expectation of privacy. This is why public toilet stalls have doors. In most states, women(and men) have an expectation that what is hidden by their skirt will remain hidden. In the great scheme of things, no real harm was done, but prohibiting upskirt videos is just one of those things we do to keep order.
Imagine you are standing at a urinal and realize the person beside you is filming everything.
At issue is whether someone can have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place.
I find the whole notion oxymoronic: only an unreasonable person would expect privacy in public.
So, if I run into you on the sidewalk in the middle of downtown, it is perfectly reasonable for me to ask you to disrobe? What right of privacy do you have which would prevent such a demand?
Or maybe only if some portion of your undergarment is visible does it invalidate your right to privacy? So, if your fly is undone or if your underwear waist band shows a bit when you bend over to tie your shoe: I have a right to demand that you disrobe?
What a person wears under his or her skirt is generally not visible to the public. By design. It is only by design---the surreptitious use of a camera designed to be unnoticed by whomever is using it to see and photography what is not seen in plain sight that what is worn under a skirt is visible. Or by accident, a fall or a big gust of wind, etc.
My stance is that people have the right to privacy of their own body. Period. Wherever they are. Period. I have no right to see what is under your skirt or behind your fly or under your shirt than someone with a camera. Which is no right at all.
