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Woman Turns Tables on Upskirt Perv!

091908cellphoto.jpgOne morning in August, an unidentified 28-year-old woman who caught a man taking cellphone photos up her skirt as she climbed the subway stairs decided to retaliate. “Since he is taking pictures of me, I am going to take pictures of him,” she tells the Times. She followed him onto the 1 train and told him to smile as she took his picture, because she intended to call the police. Fast-forward to Tuesday, when an NYPD officer approached a man matching the photograph. It was one Aaron Olivieri, age 36. He told the cop, “I hope I am not the person you are looking for,” and then admitted he knew why police were looking for him. He was arraigned Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of unlawful surveillance, attempted sexual abuse and harassment. The Times article also gives a shout-out to Holla Back, a blog where women share their horrible experiences with perverted men in New York, a city that seems to be crawling with 'em.

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  • Rfive

    I second Steven. Get the net.

  • NannyState

    Occassionally, I mentally sexually harass and degrade women. But to actually do it physically? That's sick!



    I'm just kidding girls, go about your stairclimbing.

  • Barbj8

    There's a lot to be said for the old fashioned method of self defense--carry a hat pin with you and use it. Pick one up at a vintage store, pin it to the inside of your bag or coat, and just insert into pervert as required. You will probably want to bring some antibacterial gel to wipe it off when finished.

  • Spirit of 76

    Fine, stare all you want. But you had better be satisfied because you're not getting any further than that. No woman will be interested in someone who never learned that it's rude to stare at people. I've made friends with some very beautiful women over the years because they knew I wasn't just interested in their looks.

    Blackie: See? I warned you. When an unemployed and unemployable old man has nothing to do all day, he'll just keep coming here and posting personal attacks if you piss him off. It's like he never graduated third grade.

  • Steven

    All you need is the Internet.

  • Snoopy

    Spirit and Blackie go to the shooting range and load up on blanks. Does that tell you something?

  • RatherBeBiking

    @26

    you should get help.

  • roe

    Nobody can stop you from looking, and on the subway, it's unreasonable to think you could avoid looking at those around you. The moment you start taking photos, start touching, invading personal space or making comments, however, you've crossed a line. That's the difference.

    I'll never understand why some men think that when they make a woman feel completely uncomfortable and violated, they've somehow paid her a compliment. There's a vast difference between wanted and unwanted contact.

  • JenChungsBaby

    I've never done the picture thing but I have definitely positioned myself so as to be directly behind a hot chick while going up the steps in the subway. It's an art. You can't let her know you're following but you can't let her get too far away. You also don't want anyone else to figure you out so you have to concentrate on natural movements that don't seem out of place in a group of people jockeying for position for the stairs. Sometimes if a chick suddenly takes the long way around a turnstile I might have to casually place myself behind an old lady struggling to get through the emergency door, or even hold it for her so I'm delayed enough to fall in behind the chick on the other side. It really requires some practice.

  • Guest

    Upskirts are so passé! It's all about sideboobs now.

  • interlard

    Yes! Citizens reclaim the law!

  • The Man Bat

    and to make up for not making sense....

  • matty

    she writes in bold to make up for her lack of proficiency in the english language.

  • ANGRYGOD11

    Amanda Harlech #22:

    Stop shouting! I'm not blind!

  • Amanda Harletsch

    The man Bat: It would be flirting because there is RECIPROCATION: The fundament of a sane relation, otherwise is unilateral, non requested, and if it happens, plainly abusive! Simple math.

    Get it?

    Taken to the extreme:

    that unilaterally is the logic of those men that kill women when they end the relationship. Not understanding the simple math.

  • Amanda Harletsch

    AWESOMENESS!!!

  • zodak

    i stare & leer, but silently & i keep my hands to myself. it's never going to stop so get used to it.

    i don't see the appeal of upskirts, it's a terrible angle.

  • The Man Bat

    Wow...The Aristocrat NAILED it with his comment...true dat!

    Also, isin't it true that it's not sexual harassment if the guy is good looking? Then it's called "flirting"....

  • matty

    Staring is one thing. Taking pictures, violating personal space and groping is quite another. Hopefully holla back knows when it is ok to retaliate and when it isn't.

  • Aristocrat

    In twenty years, The 20-something women on hollaback are going to be the same 40-somethings who whine about being "invisible" to men.

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