Female Underwear Hand-Washing YouTubers and Body Evaluation Galleries... Internet 'Voyeurism Content' Warning

Taking Women's Underwear from Used Clothes Collection Boxes and Secretly Filming Ordinary People
"Now We Can't Even Dispose of Clothes Freely," Women Outraged
Digital Sex Crime Reports Surge 60% in the Past Year

A YouTube channel filmed the process of hand-washing women's underwear taken out from a used clothes collection bin on the 29th. / Photo by Online Community Capture

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] "Hand-washed underwear reviews.", "Please evaluate my friend's body shape."

Videos showing the process of taking women's underwear out of used clothing collection bins, hand-washing them, and reselling them, as well as posting photos of ordinary people's bodies online asking for body shape evaluations?so-called 'voyeurism content'?are spreading on the internet, causing an expected uproar. There are concerns that this could not only cause discomfort to people but also lead to more serious digital sex crimes.

Recently, a post titled "Be careful when throwing underwear into used clothing collection bins" was uploaded on an online community. The netizen who wrote the post said, "I was shocked after watching a video on YouTube while trying to find out if it's okay to throw everything into the used clothing collection bin when organizing clothes," adding, "They were looking at other people's underwear and selling it to their subscribers for money."

The YouTube channel mentioned by this netizen has many videos showing the collection of women's underwear and stockings from actual clothing collection bins. The YouTuber also uploaded videos showing the process of hand-washing discarded women's underwear.

Regarding this, netizens pointed out, "In the videos, the underwear is gathered separately, and the YouTuber calls themselves a 'pervert.' Is this not a problem?" In fact, the word "pervert" is frequently mentioned in the titles of videos uploaded on the channel.

Also, the channel notice states, "All used clothing is not sold to minors," and "Adult verification is required for clothing transactions," among other things. This is why there are criticisms that the videos might have been made and uploaded with impure intentions. Some express concerns that this could cause sexual shame to women.

A community where body photos of celebrities and ordinary people are posted and evaluated has recently emerged, sparking controversy. / Photo by Online Community Capture

This is not the first time that content causing sexual shame has spread online. Recently, a community where people post photos of bodies for evaluation has been created, sparking controversy.

This community is known to mainly post photos of celebrities and ordinary people’s bodies. The problem is that so-called 'hidden camera photos' taken without permission of ordinary people’s body parts are posted. In particular, sexually harassing comments have been posted targeting ordinary people's photos, and the website administrators have reportedly issued warnings.

Given this situation, women have expressed outrage. Such online content is essentially no different from voyeurism, and there are concerns that anyone could become a victim at any time.

A female office worker A (26) said, "I didn’t even know such videos or communities existed. It’s really unpleasant," adding, "Most victims probably live with anxiety without even realizing they are being sexually harassed. Isn’t this extremely malicious?"

Another office worker B in her 20s responded with discomfort, saying, "Now I feel like I can’t even throw away clothes freely or properly upload a single photo on the internet."

The number of digital sex crime reports has surged by nearly 60% over the past year. / Photo by Yonhap News

In fact, digital sex crimes involving sharing and distributing illegal recordings through social networking services (SNS) and online communities have been rapidly increasing recently.

According to the Digital Sex Crime Victim Support Center under the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (Support Center), the number of digital sex crime victim cases supported through reports last year, including deletion and investigation support, reached 158,760. This is an increase of nearly 60% compared to the previous year (95,083 cases). Especially, most victims of such online sex crimes were teenagers (24.2%) and people in their 20s (21.2%).

The government plans to strengthen monitoring and response capabilities against illegal obscene materials distributed on the internet to eradicate digital sex crimes.

On the 30th of last month, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family established the "Rights Violation Prevention Division" within the ministry to comprehensively manage and take charge of digital sex crimes, sexual harassment, and sexual violence crimes.

Regarding this, Minister Jeong Young-ae of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said on the day, "With the establishment of the Rights Violation Prevention Division, we will put more effort into eradicating sexual harassment, sexual violence, and digital sex crimes, as well as supporting victims," adding, "We will strengthen the response system for sexual violence crimes and work on improving social awareness, making every policy effort."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.