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‘Indiscreet prostitute’: mother abuses woman trying on clothes in changing room after son caught pulling up cubicle curtain

  • A video taken by a woman in China showing an enraged mother whose son was caught spying on her undressing renews discussion about sexual harassment, women’s rights
  • The mother and a friend screamed insults at the woman changing before rushing over and grabbing her phone when she started filming them

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A woman trying on clothes at a Uniqlo store in China caught a young boy watching her and was then abused by his mother and had her phone taken when she started filming. Photo: SCMP composite/Handout
Alice Yanin Shanghai

A woman trying on clothes in a changing room at a Uniqlo store in China was abused and called a sex worker by the mother of a boy she caught repeatedly lifting the curtain of her cubicle.

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A video of the incident circulating on mainland social media was taken by the woman getting changed, identified online as Kira, and has renewed discussion about consent and sex education for children in China, Feidian Video reported.

Kira said she was using a fitting room at the Uniqlo store when the boy, reportedly around two years old, started lifting up the curtain of the cubicle she was undressing in.

She stopped the boy and asked where his parents were, which prompted his mother, who was standing nearby, to accuse Kira of being uncivilised for being bothered by a naughty child.

Kira says she has reported the matter to police who said they would speak with the boy’s mother. Photo: Weibo
Kira says she has reported the matter to police who said they would speak with the boy’s mother. Photo: Weibo

After Kira had changed back into her own clothes and came out of the cubicle, the boy’s mother hurled abuse at her and called her a “badly-behaved and indiscreet” woman.

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