Her name is Gina Martin. She was at a music festival in London when a man pushed his phone between her legs and took a photo under her skirt. She reported it to the police immediately. They told her it wasn't a criminal offence. There was nothing they could do.
She went home and decided that was unacceptable. With no legal background, no political connections and no funding she launched a campaign to make upskirting a criminal offence in England and Wales. She petitioned. She lobbied MPs. She spoke publicly about what had happened to her. The government initially blocked the bill.
She kept going. The Voyeurism Act passed in January 2019. Upskirting now carries up to two years in prison. Scotland followed. Other countries are following. A woman at a festival with no lawyer, no funding and no political connections rewrote the law for an entire nation in eighteen months.
This girl is more dead pan than him. The convo feels like HR interview. Also she kinda also seems so over the whole experience 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it’s like she hates him. Lorenzo has met his match 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭#loveislanduk#loveisland
ask a woman why she hates men she'll tell you a horrifying story involving violence, abuse, and harassment. ask a man why he hates women he'll complain about feminists on tiktok, gold diggers, and a girl who once friend-zoned him and wouldn't date him
It’s incredible to me how people have moved on from this. It still stands as a reminder of the worst tragedy in London’s modern history and it feels like it has been totally swept under the rug
On behalf of every woman who has been uncomfortable in public because of a man, and not a soul has noticed or intervened:
Keep being exactly like this.
18 yrs ago, I was violently assaulted & raped while walking alone. Every year on the anniversary of that day, I go on a solo hike to remind myself that there is still beauty in this world & I can enjoy it. This yr, I pushed myself & did a few days of the Southwest Coast Path…