'Gross and shocking’: Women call for new laws to stop cyber-flashing


Filepic of a woman using a smartphone in New York in 2009. In Britain, more than 40% of millennial women have been sent an unsolicited photo of a man's private parts, while just over half of US millennial women have received a graphic image, according to polls. — Reuters

LONDON: University student Sophie Meehan was enjoying a family trip to the theatre in London when pictures of a stranger's genitals popped up on her mobile phone.

The 20-year-old was about to board a train to return home to Kent in southeast England last year when an AirDrop file appeared on her phone so she opened the file and was aghast.

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