![]() ![]() South Korea's GDP is the 11th biggest in the world, but it's ranked 118th among 144 countries in the World Economic Forum's latest Gender Gap Report. It is difficult not to suspect that the investigation and the trial on this case was gender biased. YOON-KIM: (Through interpreter) The female perpetrator in this case was a first-time offender and had only one victim, but still received a highly unusual ten month prison sentence. But when a woman was accused of a similar crime in May, prosecutors acted swiftly and harshly compared to the punishment men received, says Professor Yoon-Kim. SULLIVAN: And 98 percent of the perpetrators are men. The rest only got a fine or a suspended sentence. YOON-KIM JI-YOUNG: (Through interpreter) An analysis of Seoul regional court's rulings on cases of illicit filming between 20 shows that only about 5 percent of perpetrators receive prison sentences. Yoon-Kim Ji-young (ph) is a professor at Konkuk University's Institute of Body and Culture. SULLIVAN: In early August, tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Seoul, the largest women's rally here ever, some bearing signs declaring, my life is not your porn. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Chanting in Korean). UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting in Korean). She's also started mapping the sites where such videos are uploaded in Seoul. SULLIVAN: She says she started making the kits last winter, when she says she was recorded by a man in the stall next to her in a bathroom in an upmarket cafe. It's got a little ice pick to smash a camera's peephole lens and stickers to cover up holes. Twenty-six-year-old Chung Soo-young (ph) opens one she crowdfunded and shows me what's inside. SULLIVAN: Some have started making kits to protect themselves. Women's advocates say the actual number is much higher, and some women are fighting back. SULLIVAN: Police say they've identified more than 26,000 victims of such videos from 2012 to 2016. The problem is that this kind of distorted sexual culture is becoming the norm. LEE SUE-JUNG: (Through interpreter) The perpetrators get the kind of pleasure that they can't get from watching explicitly exhibited sexual intercourse in commercialized pornography. But she's worried the problem is getting worse. It's just that their access to high-speed Internet and technology is better here. SULLIVAN: Lee Sue-Jung (ph), a professor of criminal psychology at Kyonggi University, says there's nothing particularly unusual about South Korean men. And I'm worried that there are cameras installed inside the holes, and someone can be watching me. Especially - some of those bathroom stalls have random holes on the side. ![]() Here's NPR's Seoul producer, Se Eun Gong. MICHAEL SULLIVAN, BYLINE: Seriously, women here can't even go out in public without worrying a trip to the bathroom could be a problem. Men are secretly recording women in public places. You can change these settings by clicking “Ad Choices / Do not sell my info” in the footer at any time.There is a disturbing trend in South Korea. Please note that you will still see advertising, but it will not be personalised to you. You can choose not to receive personalised ads by clicking “Reject data collection and continue” below. Read more about how we personalise ads in the BBC and our advertising partners. When you consent to data collection on AMP pages you are consenting to allow us to display personalised ads that are relevant to you when you are outside of the UK. We use local storage to store your consent preferences on your device. Read more about the essential information we store on your device to make our web pages work. To make our web pages work, we store some limited information on your device without your consent. The lightweight mobile page you have visited has been built using Google AMP technology. You may be asked to set these preferences again when you visit non-AMP BBC pages. ![]()
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