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To highlight this case of voyeurism in what appears to have been a unisex toilet on private premises?

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BadSkiingMum · 18/11/2024 18:04

I came across this case of a voyeur who placed phone cameras under the sink in a toilet. Note that this did not even make BBC news - this is on a local London website.

Women secretly recorded by south east London voyeur | This Is Local London

This was a toilet in a hairdresser, so not open to passers by and with the need to make a booking to enter the premises. So it would seem to be a low-risk environment. But unfortunately this did not prevent an employee from committing a crime. While the article is not clear that the toilet was unisex, presumably the offender was able to enter the toilet and place the phones inside because he was using it himself and was therefore unlikely to be challenged.

In my opinion this case suggests that unisex toilets, even those which are in what we could consider to be a relatively 'safe' environment, present greater risk than toilets separated by sex.

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Worriedaboutsisterp · 18/11/2024 18:24

ginasevern · 18/11/2024 18:19

In some venues and shops, like hairdressers, it would be difficult to have separate male and female toilets. I suppose you could say that if the space isn't big enough then the owners should move but that seems pretty harsh. I think that pervs will find a way even if the facilities are separate to be honest.

Yes, more than likely but why make it even easier for them?

ginasevern · 18/11/2024 18:19

In some venues and shops, like hairdressers, it would be difficult to have separate male and female toilets. I suppose you could say that if the space isn't big enough then the owners should move but that seems pretty harsh. I think that pervs will find a way even if the facilities are separate to be honest.

BadSkiingMum · 18/11/2024 18:06

I was coming back to say, this wasn't just one toilet - it was actually three toilets, or rather sinks, that were meddled with...

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lifeturnsonadime · 18/11/2024 18:05

BadSkiingMum · 18/11/2024 18:04

I came across this case of a voyeur who placed phone cameras under the sink in a toilet. Note that this did not even make BBC news - this is on a local London website.

Women secretly recorded by south east London voyeur | This Is Local London

This was a toilet in a hairdresser, so not open to passers by and with the need to make a booking to enter the premises. So it would seem to be a low-risk environment. But unfortunately this did not prevent an employee from committing a crime. While the article is not clear that the toilet was unisex, presumably the offender was able to enter the toilet and place the phones inside because he was using it himself and was therefore unlikely to be challenged.

In my opinion this case suggests that unisex toilets, even those which are in what we could consider to be a relatively 'safe' environment, present greater risk than toilets separated by sex.

Absolutely but don't go doing 'common sense'.

What does the right of privacy of women matter?