The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has now made it legal to take upskirt photos! So any ladies who live in or are planning to visit Massachusetts should probably just wear pants.
The decision stems from the case against Michael Roberston, who took photos under women’s dresses on the Green Line of the T, the Boston public transit system. The ruling states:
A female passenger on a MBTA trolley who is wearing a skirt, dress, or the like covering these parts of her body is not a person who is “partially nude,” no matter what is or is not underneath the skirt by way of underwear or other clothing. …
[B]ecause the MBTA is a public transit system operating in a public place and uses cameras, the two alleged victims here were not in a place and circumstance where they reasonably would or could have had an expectation of privacy.
Wait…so I can’t expect privacy under my clothes?? Silly me! I figured that anything that has been reasonably covered by, oh you know, clothing was considered private. I guess that’s not the case in Massachusetts. Moreover, being on a train should not give pervs license to take pictures of me in any fashion that they please. I understand that wording is tricky when it comes to laws, but where does common sense and decency come in?