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ashling

(25,771 posts)
Wed May 22, 2013, 10:47 PM May 2013

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the sleaziest of them all?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/400772/Mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-who-is-the-sleaziest-of-them-all

A SCOTTISH nightclub has installed a two-way mirror which allows male revellers to spy on women as they visit the toilet.



In the past clubs in Estonia, Austria and the USA have also fitted mirror glass into the ladies’ bathroom but it is believed this is the first example in the UK.

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Ellie Hutchinson, chair of the Scottish arm of sexual harassment group Hollaback, said: “We’re so shocked to hear that a club in Scotland thinks this sort of thing is acceptable – andthe fact that it’s up and running shows there’s a demand for it.

“At Hollaback, we know that every day so many women are subjected to being watched, judged and having their personal space invaded without their knowledge or consent.

“The fact a club is profiting off this often intimidating and frightening behaviour is gob smacking. You have to ask, why on earth would anyone think this form of non-consensual voyeurism is OK?”


as the lady says, I am gobsmacked



















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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the sleaziest of them all? (Original Post) ashling May 2013 OP
I imagine they'll have a sharp decline in female patrons...n/t AmyDeLune May 2013 #1
It only allows the males to see the women? Not the other way? Locut0s May 2013 #2
If it were both way ... a novelty item. ???? ashling May 2013 #6
How is this legal? BainsBane May 2013 #3
this is a place where everyone should releive their bladders behind the bar olddots May 2013 #4
Meh! Piss on 'em! My dollars won't enter that establishment. In_The_Wind May 2013 #5
I just posted it for the cool masthead of the Scottish paper ashling May 2013 #7
I didn't think you'd go there. In_The_Wind May 2013 #8
Why would that even be considered sexy? Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #9

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
2. It only allows the males to see the women? Not the other way?
Wed May 22, 2013, 11:31 PM
May 2013

That's indeed perverted. If it were both way I'd see maybe having some argument for it as a novelty item. But even there the market for women wanting to see into the mens room is FAR smaller than the other way around. But one way, WTF were they thinking?

ashling

(25,771 posts)
6. If it were both way ... a novelty item. ????
Thu May 23, 2013, 11:00 AM
May 2013

How about a PRIVACY item? There is NO excuse for this. Period.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
5. Meh! Piss on 'em! My dollars won't enter that establishment.
Thu May 23, 2013, 06:07 AM
May 2013

I would carry a picket sign outing the bad behavior of everyone there!

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
9. Why would that even be considered sexy?
Thu May 23, 2013, 12:03 PM
May 2013

That's probably the least sexiest state you can see someone in.

I don't get some people.

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