Editing Upskirt (section)

==Social attitudes==
The sudden popularity in the 1960s of the [[miniskirt]] brought the concept out onto the streets and was viewed by many as mass [[exhibitionism]]. One commentator in the 1960s said, "In European countries{{nbs}}... they ban mini-skirts in the streets and say they're an invitation to rape{{nbs}}..."<ref name="Adburgham">{{cite news |last=Adburgham |first=Alison |author-link=Alison Adburgham |date=10 October 1967 |title=Mary Quant talks to Alison Adburgham |newspaper=The Guardian |url=http://century.guardian.co.uk/1960-1969/Story/0,6051,106475,00.html |access-date=16 June 2011 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614181217/http://century.guardian.co.uk/1960-1969/Story/0,6051,106475,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> By contrast, many women viewed the new style as rebellion against previous clothing styles and as [[women's liberation]] of their own bodies. For the first time, many women felt comfortable exposing their thighs, whether on the beach in a swimsuit or in street wear, and were even relaxed when in some situations their underwear would be visible.

Some upskirt and downblouse images are made with the knowledge and lack of objection of the females affected. However, some of these images can end up being more widely distributed or being posted onto the Internet without the knowledge and consent of the subject, for example as [[revenge porn]] following a [[relationship breakup]].

Attitudes hardened with the very widespread availability and use of digital photographic and video technology, most recently [[camera phone]]s.<ref name=SeatUpskirt>{{Cite news
 | first = Maureen
 | last = O'Hagan
 | title = 'Upskirt' photographs deemed lewd but legal
 | url = http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=voyeur20m0&date=20020920
 | work = [[The Seattle Times]]
 | publisher = [[The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times Company]]
 | date = 20 September 2002
 | access-date = 26 December 2006
 | quote = So-called "upskirt cams," sometimes called "upskirt photos" or "upskirt voyeur pictures," are a hot commodity in the world of Internet pornography.
 | archive-date = 22 December 2007
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071222012538/http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=voyeur20m0&date=20020920
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Napolitano |first=Jo |date=11 December 2003 |title=Hold It Right There, And Drop That Camera |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E1D8163CF932A25751C1A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=23 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423191002/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/technology/hold-it-right-there-and-drop-that-camera.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |archive-date=23 April 2023 |quote=...{{nbs}}the proliferation of camera phones had helped give new life to "upskirt" or "down blouse" photography.}}</ref><ref name=HAPriv>{{Cite news
 | first = Michael
 | last = Tsai
 | title = Privacy issues plague picture phones
 | url = http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jan/18/ln/ln20a.html
 | work = [[The Honolulu Advertiser]]
 | publisher = [[Gannett Company|Gannett Co.]]
 | date = 18 January 2004
 | access-date = 26 December 2006
 | quote = ...{{nbs}}because of the growing popularity of camera-equipped cell phones.
 | archive-date = 25 December 2018
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181225143737/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Jan/18/ln/ln20a.html%20
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref> Such technology was also being used to record upskirt and downblouse images for uploading onto the internet. Specialist websites came into existence where people could share such images, and terms such as "upskirt", "downblouse" and "nipple dress" (i.e., when an erect nipple is evident through the material of a woman's dress) came into use. Of particular concern were images of minors and of people who could be identified. Celebrities were popular victims of such efforts. Issues of privacy and reputation began to be raised.

The creation and viewing of this type of image came increasingly to be described as forms of [[voyeurism]] and pornography. This was not that most of such images were sexual in nature, with most of them being quite innocent by themselves, but because of their association with the nature of the website on which they were posted and because of the size of the collections.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.ag.gov.au/agd/WWW/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(CFD7369FCAE9B8F32F341DBE097801FF)%7E8%2BAugInternetPhotosFinalPaperAugust05.pdf/$file/8%2BAugInternetPhotosFinalPaperAugust05.pdf |location=Australia|author=Standing Committee of Attorneys-General|date=August 2005|title=Unauthorised Photographs on the Internet And Ancillary Privacy Issues|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015184649/http://www.ag.gov.au/agd/WWW/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(CFD7369FCAE9B8F32F341DBE097801FF)~8+AugInternetPhotosFinalPaperAugust05.pdf/$file/8+AugInternetPhotosFinalPaperAugust05.pdf|archive-date=15 October 2009}}</ref>