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Upskirt is a term used to describe images, enjoyed by voyeurs who like women, showing the view up a female's skirt or dress. Public exposure of underwear is considered taboo. There are many websites that promote this as pornography. Taking photographs of someone surreptitiously is an offense in some countries, but in others there are no laws to prevent this. Some people consider this sort of photography to be a form of sexual abuse and an invasion of privacy if it is done without consent. Others point their fingers at the woman, asserting that she is "asking for it" by choosing to wear a short skirt. In addition, many people now believe that the overt lack of choice for a male to wear a skirt is enough to negate any crime that could have been committed in the male engagement of upskirt viewing.

Some websites use models who get paid to pretend they are upskirt victims, but other such websites feature unaware women without their consent. While some believe these sites are degrading to women and the victims caught on film, the sites are generally considered to be "soft core", because of the nature of this kind of "pornography".

An alternative form of this type of voyeurism are downblouse images - similar to upskirt pornography but with the intent of showing a woman's top half or cleavage.

The advent of cell phones fitted with cameras (aka camera phones) may be reason for a surge in these types of photographs on various websites.

See also

• Kazuhide Uekusa Attempted to peep under a high school girl's skirt with a hand mirror at the escalator of JR Shinagawa Station.

External links

• Good example of non-pornographic upskirt photo
• Adult site revolving around upskirt photos and videos taken with cell phone cameras *Warning contains Adult images and themes

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