Hidden Cameras in Women Bathrooms in Seoul
| Hidden Cameras in Women Bathrooms in Seoul | |
|---|---|
| Short Title | Surreptitious Filming in Women Bathrooms Have Become A Huge Problem In South Korea |
| Location | |
| Date | |
| Solove Harm | Surveillance, Exposure |
| Information | Physical Characteristics, Behavioral |
| Threat Actors | Perpetrators |
| Individuals | |
| Affected | South Korean women |
| High Risk Groups | Females |
| Tangible Harms | Anxiety, Change of Behavior, Embarrassment |
Women in South Korea have faced a problem of being secretly filmed in public restrooms. These images often end up on pornographic websites.
Description
From 2013 to 2018 more than 30,000 cases of surreptitious filming have been reported nationally in South Korea.
In Seoul in 2018 the proliferation of hidden cameras in female bathrooms — and the images they record, which often end up on pornographic websites — has often been described by reporters as an epidemic.
The secret recording of a person can be interpreted as Surveillance. Posting of such images online is Exposure.
The city had to increase the number of municipal employees assigned to search public bathrooms for hidden cameras to 8,000 in October 2018 from the 50 before that.
Because of that many women avoid going to public toilets alone, especially at night.
Breakdown
Threat: Perpetrators secretly filming women in public bathrooms with hidden cameras
At-Risk group: South Korean women
Harm: Surveillance
Secondary Consequences: Change of Behavior, Anxiety
Threat: Perpetrators posting secretly photographed images of women in bathrooms
At-Risk group: South Korean women
Harm: Exposure
Secondary Consequences: Anxiety, Embarrassment, Change of Behavior