Calico Rudasil is a feature columnist for Sssh.com, the award-winning porn site for women & couples. With over 18 years’ experience under her belt, writing about and for the adult entertainment industry, Calico qualifies as something of a Web Porn Dinosaur; similar to a tyrannosaurus, only with far more attractive arms and a less pronounced overbite.
A while back, I read an article about some creep who was riding the trains of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority with a camera mounted on his shoe in order to facilitate the clandestine filming of ‘upskirt’ videos. All he had to do was slip his foot beneath the skirt of a fellow passenger, trigger his camera, and boom – someone had become an unwitting victim of his zero-dollar (and zero consent) content production scheme.
Making matters worse, even once they caught the scumbag, there was little which could be done to punish him, because under Massachusetts state law, this manner of surreptitious filming isn’t against the law.
Now, women in Switzerland are confronted with a similar, if somewhat less troubling, manner of voyeur/videographer: A foot fetishist secretly recording videos of women in public places like markets, train stations and outdoor festivals.
Just as with the MBTA mope in Massachusetts, it appears the Swiss foot-film freak hasn’t broken any laws with what he’s doing – but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to be done. The Swiss, and Swiss women in particular, just need to get a little creative in order to frustrate the plans of their unwelcome podophile.
Given A Choice, Shoot My Feet
Before going any further, I feel compelled to draw more of a distinction between the MBTA upskirt twit and his foot-obsessed Swiss compatriot. While his actions are similar, there’s just something much less disconcerting about the idea of my feet and sandals being exposed to the internet than my panties and crotch.
This is not to say what this Swiss fellow is doing is “OK,” or that I wouldn’t introduce his buttcheeks to my foot were I to catch him filming it. I’m just saying that given a choice, I’d definitely rather my foot become famous without me realizing it than to have my taint do the same.
Know Thy Enemy
In seeking to defeat the Swiss podophiliac, I would start by taking a close look at his existing work. Are there any obvious similarities between his various subjects? Are most of them wearing open toe shoes, or is he “equal opportunity” in terms of his appreciation for the bare foot vs. the shoed?
Depending on the outcome of the research, women may find dissuading this guy is as easy as wearing Doc Martins on their way to work. Sure, it’s ridiculous, inconvenient and totally unfair for a woman to have to change her shoes multiple times a day just to avoid being filmed by this idiot and avoid being looked at cross-eyed by their friends and coworkers at the same time. If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, however, it’s that the broader society in which we live isn’t likely to go one step out of its way to make the lives of women easier, so it’s up to us as to devise our own ways to frustrate jerks like the Swiss foot fetishist.
Who knows; research may reveal the guy isn’t interested in photographing the same sort of shoes you’re already wearing, meaning you don’t have to do a thing. Either way, the point is, the more you can learn about this guy, the easier it will be to avoid him and to put your mind at ease.
Make Your Feet More Recognizable
According to the article, while taking pictures of women’s feet without their permission isn’t illegal under Swiss law, victims can “lodge a civil complaint for violation of Swiss data protection laws” if they discover a photo of their feet on a porn site, after the fact.
While you may feel comfortable in your ability to definitively recognize your own feet outside the context of the rest of your body, I figure to ease the process of proving the provenance of your footsies in court, it can’t hurt to take measures to make them more instantly recognizable at a glance.
The first thing which springs to mind for me might not appeal to other women, but I’ll put it out there anyway: Using a magic marker, before you leave in the morning, write the words “FUCK YOU, PERVERT” on the top of your foot.
Since you might not be the only person to take this advice, I’d further recommend drawing some unique designs around the words, facilitating easy recognition in video footage. Plus, if you take the added step of registering a copyright for the design, you might be able to sue the foot fetishist not just for invasion of privacy, but for copyright violation as well.
I’m sure I’ve just scratched the surface of all the various ways to avoid being filmed by the Swiss podophiliac and there are many other methods which could prove fruitful. I’m going to leave you with one more idea, though.
Two words: Mirrored loafers.
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