Yanni Gentsch, a 30-year-old advertising copywriter, confronted a cyclist who was secretly filming her backside while she jogged in a Cologne park. Gentsch forced the man to delete the footage, filmed him in turn, and posted the encounter; the video garnered over 16 million Instagram views and widespread solidarity. German criminal law punishes secret recordings only when private parts or naked skin are involved, leaving voyeuristic filming of clothed body parts legal. Gentsch launched a petition titled 'Make voyeuristic recordings a crime,' demanding an amendment to criminalize any secretly sexually motivated recording; the petition gathered over 125,000 signatures.
My clothes are no invitation!
Why are you wearing pants like that?
The current legal framework protects perpetrators, not victims,
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