Of Course Women Are Getting Sexually Harassed by Drones

[ismnotwasm]

Classic derailment in the comment section. And also What the hell teaches their son this is ok?

As the old saying goes, "If you build it, the forces of patriarchy will co-opt it in order to make women harassed, threatened and/or sexually objectified." And so it is: earlier this week, a woman took to Reddit in order to describe her experiences being sexually harassed by a remote-operated drone.

Per the Daily Dot, a woman writing under the username Forthelulzaccount posted a story about being harassed on a "private, residential beach" in Virginia. She and her mother were sunbathing, she says, when she heard a strange sound overhead:

We heard this whirring noise above us and I looked up and saw a remote-controlled plane—one of the square ones that can move really articulately in all directions. No big deal. I turned back down and napped more.

Then I noticed: a. It was getting really close to women. Like, straight up in their asses close, flying really low, staying there for probably three minutes at a time, and b. it had a camera on it.
In an email, she told the Daily Dot that the drone, which was two-foot-by-two-foot, was "clearly making other women at the beach uncomfortable," probably because it was hovering around their asses for three minutes at a time.

http://jezebel.com/of-course-women-are-getting-sexually-harassed-by-drones-1576526357

[mercuryblues]

1. Just when

You thought it was safe to get back in the water.

That is some serious creepy shit. A few softball players could put an end to that in a hurry. The operator would also have to be close enough and could be caught. The question is, is the law keeping up with technology.


Btw. My plans for snorkeling today ..... Yeah I am still going.

[ismnotwasm]

2. Have fun

[mercuryblues]

5. I am

Having a great time with my daughter.

That beach thing makes me pissed and leery. Like someone else said, capture the camera. Only turn it over to the police. The problem I see with that is, is the law keeping up with technology.

[DustyJoe]

3. perverts

The best cure for a low hovering drone on the beach is a beach towel thrown over it. Then a much deserved dismantling saving the camera for last so the pervert operating it can see his many hundreds if not a thousand dollar toy get ripped to shreds. The idiots with cameras in their shoes are bad enough, now flying pests with cameras.

[redqueen]

4. There's also the assholes with mobile phones

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024962430