One photo shows a woman in a low-cut top picking up spilled change. Another shows a teenager’s thong rising up her backside.
Colleen Westendorf, a spokesperson for SlutWalk, views such photography on the Internet as harassment of women.
“Voyeurism affects women in the same ways all forms of violence, harassment and sexism affect women,” Westendorf said. “Women are denied ownership and agency of their own bodies.”
Cheap, portable cameras have made it easy to take photos of people without them knowing they’re being watched. But anonymous Internet forums have given voyeurism a means of showcasing thousands of photos of unassuming women exposed to anonymous gazes.
See my report in The Toronto Observer.
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