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To think it's wrong that a boy was filming my DD on the bus?

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Cuddleczar · 03/07/2015 13:26

She noticed he moved seats and had his phone out then realised he was filming her. It turned out he was Skyping someone and filming her to show them. She is a very attractive girl btw. She lost her cool and shouted "What the f* are you doing?" but then had to get off the bus because it was her stop. (I always tell her to try not to lose her temper in these situations, otherwise you're going down to their level, but clearly that doesn't always work.) Can't quite get my head round this--because you can't stop someone holding their phone up and filming covertly but at the same time it's really off for someone to do that. Because she is so attractive, she is always getting harassed by men. But this was a boy who she said looked about 12!!

We were on a train recently and they had British Transport Police on the train giving out a text number that you can text if you have a problem. (That number btw is 61016.) But apparently it's only for trains. Plus there's lots of ads now about more minor harassment you can report on the tube, for example. Any thoughts, anyone, about whether she should report this? He was probably visible on the bus CCTV.

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Goshthatsspicy · 03/07/2015 21:20

Oh and the "attractive" said that way, was to my mind illustrating it was subjective. The op mentioned it twice. I think all teen girls are vulnerable, whatever they may look like.

CoogerAndDark · 03/07/2015 21:38

Make a noise, a smell, write what the hell you like when you get home. Just don't take photos of young women on buses and expect to get a free pass for it because of your age.

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