“Up-skirting” and “down-blousing”
by Dara Kam | April 21st, 2009
Folks who use mirrors to look up women’s dresses or down their shirts better beware.
A Senate panel approved a measure that would broaden the video voyeurism laws to make the practice illegal. Current law prohibits peeping Toms from using electronic devices, like video cameras, to peer at others’ privates but does nothing to bar them from doing the same with a mirror.
Sen. Dave Aronberg filed the measure in response to a Panhandle case in which a man used a mirror to peer up a woman’s skirt at a bookstore.
The judge in that case noted that “there is is no clear prohibition of this reprehensible conduct anywhere in the state of Florida.”
Aronberg, D-Greenacres, provided a simple explanation of the bill (SB 1064) during a rushed Senate Judiciary Committee meeting this morning: “Means you can’t look up women’s skirts using a mirror.”
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April 21st, 2009 at 1:54 pm
It is truly a shame that someone can’t go to Flashdance or T’s to look at women wearing little or no clothing.
But, shouldn’t we be worried about our educational system and budget shortfalls instead of messing around with any non-essential legislation?
April 21st, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Another waste of tax payers money.
I wish we could fire all of these SOBs.
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:08 am
This shows the priorities of the good senator.
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:02 pm
I have a better idea. Why don’t they just pass a law making it legal for any woman who gets “upskirted” to kick the crap out of the guy with the mirror? Cut out the middle man.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:24 pm
“But, shouldn’t we be worried about our educational system and budget shortfalls instead of messing around with any non-essential legislation?”
It’s only “non-essential” until someone close to you is affected. Now, thanks to Senator Aronberg’s thoughtful and dilligent work everyone’s covered under the umbrella of protection. Keep up the good work !!