OrangeSkin Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Let's say I live in an apartment on a ground floor right off a street, and I have a glass sliding door that anyone can see in if the shades aren't down. And let's say I want to stand naked and watch TV or cook or something right in front of that door. Let's say I even want to pleasure myself with the shades open. Is this illegal? It seems like it would be my right to do whatever the hell I want in front of my window in my apartment, other people don't have to look in. And this is strictly rhetorical, it came up in a conversation the other day and I was wondering if anyone had some info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Let's say I live in an apartment on a ground floor right off a street, and I have a glass sliding door that anyone can see in if the shades aren't down. And let's say I want to stand naked and watch TV or cook or something right in front of that door. Let's say I even want to pleasure myself with the shades open. Is this illegal? It seems like it would be my right to do whatever the hell I want in front of my window in my apartment, other people don't have to look in.And this is strictly rhetorical, it came up in a conversation the other day and I was wondering if anyone had some info. :rotflmao: Awesome thread. :applause: I agree with you that you should be able to beat off if you wanted to in your own house, but im not a lawyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I would guess it is illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forehead Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 It's only illegal if you're a dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte51Coleman Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 My guess is that you would be arrested for exposing yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coooleeey Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 It's only illegal if you're a dude. quoted for truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I swear I've read about a real situation like this, but I just searched and I can't find it. My guess would also be that if you are in public view it would be considered indecent exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 The cops would definitely bust you eventually. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I swear I've read about a real situation like this, but I just searched and I can't find it. My guess would also be that if you are in public view it would be considered indecent exposure. yeah a guy was arrested for something similar not too long ago, but he was doing it with his door open. He was also a sex offender already. But he was arrested for it. So I believe they will bust you for it if someone complains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNut73 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 If it's a woman standing naked in front of the window, then the neighbor man is arrested as a peeping tom. If it's a man standing in front of a naked window, then he is arrested for indecent exposure Seriously, I have a police scanner and this happened about two years ago in a neighboring town. Neighbor complained about the man walking back and forth naked. Cops went and busted him for indecent exposure. Not sure if the charges ever "stuck" but they did take him down to the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 If you can reasonably expect people to see you, yes. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/10219450/detail.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Interestingly though, while it may be indecent exposure for you to whack off in front of your open window, if someone films it they might get in trouble. Here's a related story: Video Voyeurs Under Fire for Taping Lesbians Video of Two Women Caught During Intimate Encounter Went Viral by JULIA HOPPOCK June 13, 2008 SHARE Two female college students who were filmed during an intimate encounter without their knowledge are seeking justice Massachusetts College of Art and Design students Rosanne Strott and Emily Niland were in bed together when at least two young men videotaped them from a Wentworth Institute of Technology dormitory across the alley. The video was uploaded to a shared Wentworth student network and had been in circulation for months before Strott and Niland discovered it in April. "When I found out, I immediately vomited," Strott said. "It was a really strange thing for me. I had never felt so violated without being touched before." Two of the men involved in the September videotaping have been identified by Boston police as Wentworth juniors David Cunha and David Siemiesz, who've been charged. According to a police account, the two men apparently filmed the incident from their dorm room, which directly faces Strott's at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Cunha could not be reached for comment by ABC News or the Boston Globe, which first reported the story. But Siemiesz told the Boston Globe this week that he sensed it was wrong to film the young women. "I felt like it was kind of wrong," Siemiesz told the Boston Globe, when asked to describe how he felt while taping the women. "We didn't understand the severity of the situation when we were taping it." But that admission was not enough for Niland and Strott, who said they couldn't believe the degree to which their privacy was violated. "I was just disgusted, absolutely disgusted that someone would, first of all, videotape that, and second of all, distribute it to their friends," Niland, 20, said. "It's shocking that anybody would violate my privacy like that and not have any remorse for it." Taking It To Court Niland and Strott, 19, said they were dealt another blow last week when the Roxbury District Court assistant clerk held off on issuing a criminal complaint against the young men until Wentworth college finishes its investigation. Wentworth would not comment on the investigation because it is ongoing but said investigators expected to finish within two to three weeks. For Strott, a Wentworth investigation is simply not enough. "I would really like to see them expelled from Wentworth, but there should be criminal action as well," she said. "What they did was a crime." Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Wiki has it covered, including the statutes on indecent exposure from each state. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indecent_exposure: If you have a ten foot high fence and someone looks over it with a ladder, then you are likely not guilty, but if there is a multi-story apartment block across the road with a clear view then you would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandaceM23 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Wait a minute ... didn't the picnic table humper or the bike humper get out of the charges because he was on his own property? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Wait a minute ... didn't the picnic table humper or the bike humper get out of the charges because he was on his own property? Did he have an unwilling audience? Other than furniture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Most cities have decency laws to address that, out in the country is another matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandaceM23 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Did he have an unwilling audience? Other than furniture. I'm really not sure if who it was. Hopefully China can help out here! But who ever it was did it in his backyard and his neighbors somehow saw over the privacy fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EersSkins05 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 In situations like this, you can usually correctly guess the answer to your question by using a "worst case scenario" analysis. Think of the grossest thing a person can do to another person, then think of them doing that in front of a big open window in Times Square. The cops would get involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Wait a minute ... didn't the picnic table humper or the bike humper get out of the charges because he was on his own property? Did he have an unwilling audience? Other than furniture. Well, in the case of the picnic table humper, the furniture was a participant, not just the audience. Here's the latest on that one: UPDATE: Charges have been dropped against 40-year-old Art Price, Jr., but he's not yet in the clear, police say.Price was facing public indecency charges. The case has been turned over to the Huron County prosecutor. That office will conduct a full investigation and present the case before a grand jury. Specific charges will depend on whether the school was in session at the time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BELLEVUE -- Police say a man in Bellevue was caught on tape having sex with a picnic table. Bellevue Police Captain Matt Johnson says Art Price, Jr., 40, was seen on four occasions between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and noon having sex with his picnic table. What makes this a felony, Johnson says, is that it took place in close proximity to a school, which made it likely that children could have seen Price. The neighbor -- who wishes to remain anonymous -- saw Price walk out onto his deck, stand a round metal table on its side and use the hole for the umbrella to have sex. http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=8082496 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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