Gadon da kuka yi tunanin yana da lafiya ba shi da lafiya." Zoe Watts ta tsira daga fyade da aka yi ta hanyar amfani da kwayoyi — sannan ta yi yaƙi da shi.

Gadon da kuka yi tunanin yana da lafiya ba shi da lafiya." Zoe Watts ta tsira daga fyade da aka yi ta hanyar amfani da kwayoyi — sannan ta yi yaƙi da shi.

A watan Satumba 2024, Amanda Stanhope tana zaune a gida a Manchester, tana cikin nutsuwa sosai, yayin da shari'ar Gisèle Pelicot ta zama kanun labarai a duniya.

"Shari'ar Gisèle ita ce karo na farko da na san wani wanda aka yi masa fyade yayin da aka ba shi magani," in ji Stanhope. "Na tuna ina tunani: 'Na gode Allah ba ni kaɗai ba. Akwai wani mutum ɗaya a duniya da hakan ya faru da shi.'" A lokacin, tsohon abokin Stanhope, David Rogerson, yana ƙarƙashin bincike game da yi mata fyade yayin da take barci da kuma yin fim ɗin cin zarafin. An yanke wa mijin Pelicot, Dominique, hukunci game da fyade da cin zarafi ta hanyar amfani da magani (DFSA), tare da wasu baƙi 50 da ya ɗauka a kan layi don cin zarafin matarsa.

A Exmouth, Devon, Zoe Watts ita ma tana bin shari'ar Pelicot. Tsohon mijinta, mahaifin 'ya'yanta huɗu, ya riga ya yi zaman shekaru 11 a gidan yari saboda ba da magani da yi wa Watts fyade tsawon shekaru da yawa. "Ban taɓa jin labarinsa ba, kuma na ji kamar ni kaɗai ce," in ji ta. "Gisèle ta zama kamar iska mai daɗi. Ka san wannan jin lokacin da ka shiga gida ka buɗe kofofi da tagogi don barin iska da haske su shiga? To, fyade ta hanyar magani ɗaya daga cikin kofofin da ta buɗe."

Girgizawa da tsoro da suka kewaye shari'ar Pelicot sun zo tare da imani da ba a faɗi ba cewa wannan mummunan abu ne na musamman, wani abu mai ban tsoro. Stanhope da Watts sun san a lokacin cewa ba haka ba ne—kuma yanzu duk mun sani. A makon da ya gabata, a wani ɗan gajeren sauraro a Kotun Northampton Crown, wani mutum mai kuka a shekarunsa 40 ya amsa laifin yin fim ɗin kansa da wani "wanda ba a sani ba" yana fyade da cin zarafin abokin tarayya yayin da ake zargin an ba shi magani ko kuma yana barci. Waɗannan hare-haren, waɗanda suka faru tsawon shekaru 11, sun haɗa da ɗaure hannuwanta da ƙafafu, rubuta a jikinta, da shigar mata da abubuwa.

A farkon wannan shekara, a wata shari'a ta daban, tsohon ɗan majalisar Swindon Philip Young ya amsa laifin wasu laifuffuka na jima'i, ciki har da laifuffuka da yawa na fyade ga tsohuwar matarsa, Joanne Young, tsawon shekaru 13, da ba da wani abu don sanya ta suma, da kuma kallon batsa. A watan Satumba, wata shari'a za ta je kotu, wannan ta shafi maza 14 da ake zargi da ba da magani da yi wa ɗaya daga cikin matansu fyade. Mijin mutum ne mai shekaru 60 daga Stockport. Sauran, masu shekaru 28 zuwa 73, sun haɗa da direban tasi, mai ba da shawara kan ɗaukar ma'aikata, ma'aikacin agajin gaggawa, ma'aikacin jami'a, da direban isar da kaya.

Kuma ba a Burtaniya kaɗai ba. Wata shari'a a Jamus kwanan nan ta kai ga yanke wa maza huɗu hukunci kan tuhume-tuhume da suka shafi ba da magani da yi wa mata fyade. Sun kasance ɓangare na ƙungiyar Telegram mai suna "German driving school for experts," inda membobin ke raba hotunan cin zarafinsu da musayar shawarwari kan yadda za su aiwatar da shi ta amfani da kalmomin sirri (mata sune "motoci," magungunan kwantar da hankali sune "man fetur," kuma fyade shine "tuƙi").

A lokacin bazara na 2023, 'yan jarida biyu masu bincike na Jamus, Isabell Beer da Isabel Ströh, waɗanda ke aiki don Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) da Funk, sun gano wata hanyar sadarwa ta maza masu amfani da shafin batsa na Motherless don haɗuwa, raba shawarwari, da buga bidiyo da hotuna na DFSA. Wani mutum ya kasance yana ɗora hotunan matarsa da aka ba da magani ana yi mata fyade, ana cin zarafinta, da kuma cin zarafin jima'i kusan shekaru 20 ba tare da wani sakamako ba. ("Ina shirin ba wa wannan yar iska wani abu, mu ga abin da zai faru a daren nan," ya yi taƙama a cikin wani rubutu. "Na yi mata wasu ƙarfi a fuska kuma ba ta ma lura ba," in ji shi a wani.)

Sai bayan matsin lamba akai-akai daga Beer da Ströh ne 'yan sandan Jamus suka ɗauki mataki suka shiga. Matar ta firgita—da farko ta yi tunanin 'yan sanda sun zo gidan da ba daidai ba. Ta taɓa ganin likitoci game da dogon barcinta mai zurfi amma ba ta taɓa zargin hakan ba. Daga baya, ta ce tana "ƙauna da amincewa" da mijinta. Ta kwatanta mijinta a matsayin abokin tarayya a cikin "mawuyacin hali da sauƙi." (Ya mutu kafin shari'ar ta kai ga shari'a.)

Wani bincike na CNN game da Motherless da hanyoyin sadarwar DFSA da ke da alaƙa ya kai ga kama wani mutum a Poland. A watan Afrilu na wannan shekara, an ƙaddamar da Project Medusa—wani haɗin gwiwa don wargaza hanyoyin sadarwar DFSA, wanda Jamus da Burtaniya suka jagoranta, tare da goyon bayan Brazil, Kanada, Faransa, Hungary, Netherlands, Spain, Amurka, da Europol. Ya zuwa yanzu, an gano masu laifi da wadanda abin ya shafa 156.

Watts, mai shekaru 43, da Stanhope, mai shekaru 53, sun haɗu ta hanyar shiga cikin rahoton CNN. Wannan rahoton ya zaburar da Watts don fara ƙungiyar fafutuka da waɗanda abin ya shafa ke jagoranta, irin ta farko. Stanhope ta shiga a matsayin mai ba da shawara. Sunan ƙungiyar, #EndEyeCheck, yana nufin aikin da masu laifi ke buɗe fatar ido na wanda abin ya shafa da ba ya sani don duba ko an ba shi magani—abin da ake yawan yin fim da rabawa a kan layi. Watts ta saita manufofi da yawa: koyarwa game da DFSA a makarantu, bincike kan yadda ake gudanar da shi da kuma gurfanar da shi, wayar da kan likitoci don gano alamun gama gari a cikin waɗanda abin ya shafa, da kuma hana "abubuwan barci" daga shafukan batsa.

"Mataki na farko, duk da haka, dole ne ya zama tattara bayanai," in ji Watts. "Har sai mun fahimci girma da girman, ba wanda zai ɗauki mataki." Bayanai masu dogaro game da DFSA ba su da yawa—wani ɓangare saboda ƙananan shari'o'i ne ake gano ko kuma a gurfanar da su—amma sama da mutane 400 sun riga sun kammala binciken kan layi a shafin #EndEyeCheck. Waɗanda suka tsira da suka tuntuɓi ƙungiyar sun haɗa da mata daga farkon shekarun 20 zuwa mafi tsufa, wadda ke da shekaru 70 kuma har yanzu tana murmurewa daga wani abu da ya faru shekaru talatin da suka wuce.

Ga waɗannan matan, samun juna, raba abubuwan da suka faru, da gano alamu da kamanceceniya ya canza rayuwa bayan dogon keɓewa. "Wannan laifin yana raba ka da fahimtarsa, da fahimtar ma'anarsa; akwai gibi da yawa," in ji Watts. "Ba za ka iya zama a cikin rukuni tare da wasu mata masu PTSD ba, saboda ba ka da tunani. Babu wuraren da aka keɓe ko ayyukan tallafi. Laifi ne shiru, kamar yadda tashin hankalin gida yake shekaru 20 da suka wuce. Yanzu, tare da samun sauran waɗanda suka tsira, haɗa wuyar warwarewa, kowace rana rana ce ta makaranta."

Watts ta sadu da mijinta lokacin tana shekara 17 kuma yana 28. "Ya kasance mai zuwa coci kuma abokin kowa. Ya zama kamar yana da mutunci da ɗabi'a," in ji ta. Sun yi aure, sun haifi 'ya'ya huɗu, kuma sun gudanar da kasuwancin bugu tare.

Watts ta gano cewa yana ƙara magungunan kwantar da hankali a cikin shayin dare, yana yi mata fyade, kuma yana yin fim ɗin cin zarafin ne kawai lokacin da ya gaya mata a watan Fabrairu 2018. A lokacin, sun kasance tare tsawon shekaru 18 kuma sun yi aure na shekaru 14. Wani "ikrari" ne mai ban mamaki bayan hidimar ranar soyayya ta Valentine game da soyayya, kuma ya rage komai. Ya ce yana saka magani a cikin shayinta kuma yana "yin jima'i" da ita bayan haka, kuma ya ɗauki hotuna saboda yana tunanin za ta fi son ya kalli hotunanta maimakon wasu mata a shafukan batsa. A lokaci guda, ya gaya mata cewa yana da alaƙa da abokinta lokacin da Watts ke da juna biyu da ɗansu na biyu, shekaru da yawa da suka wuce. Watts ta "fahimci" alaƙar nan da nan, kuma da farko, ta mai da hankali kan hakan. Wata shida kafin ta tuntuɓi 'yan sanda don kai rahotonsa game da ba ta magani da yi mata fyade.

"Ba ka fahimci abin da kake ji ba, saboda, har sai lokacin, ban ma san cewa wani abu makamancin haka zai yiwu ba," in ji Watts. "Na kasance ina gaya wa 'ya'yana mata yadda za su dawo gida lafiya da dare. Ban kasance ina gaya musu cewa mutumin da suka riga suka sadu da shi kuma suka ƙaunace shi zai iya ba su magani ya yi musu fyade ba."

Dubi hoton cikakken allo
'Kana rayuwa cikin ruɗani tsawon shekaru saboda babu wani abu mai ma'ana' ... Amanda Stanhope. Hoton: Florence Law/The Guardian

"Kwarewar DFSA ta bambanta da fyade a hanya," ta ci gaba. "Babu wanda ya fi muni—ba gasa ba ne—amma irin wannan laifin yana canza gaskiyarka gaba ɗaya. Ba kamar na sha wahala ba sannan na dawo lafiya gida da kwanciyar hankali na mijina ba. Kamar bam ɗin nukiliya ne ya tashi a cikin iyalinka. Kana fara tambayar kowace tattaunawa, kowace mu'amala. Mutumin da kake tsammanin ka aura, wanda ka shirya yin shekaru 60 masu zuwa tare da shi, ba wannan mutumin ba ne. Gadon da kake tsammanin yana da aminci ba shi da aminci—ba taɓa kasancewa ba."

Ga Watts, wayar da kan jama'a da gane alamun yana da mahimmanci. "Tabbas akwai alamun, amma ban fahimce su ba," in ji ta. "Ɗaya daga cikinsu shine ciwon fitsari mai maimaitawa. Thrush. Gajiya. Tashin zuciya. Ruɗani. Ciwon kai. A wani lokaci, na yi tunanin ina da ciwon kwakwalwa. Jikina ba shi da lafiya." Kowane mai tsira da suka ji daga gare shi ya ga likita a wani lokaci game da matsalolin kamar asarar ƙwaƙwalwa, damuwa, ruɗani, ko canje-canje a yanayin barci—koyaushe tare da abokin tarayya yana zaune kusa da su. A cikin shari'ar Watts, duk da haka, a cikin shekarun kafin "ikrari" na mijinta, an gaya wa likitoci daban-daban kai tsaye abin da ke faruwa. Ta taɓa farkawa ta ga mijinta yana "yin jima'i" da ita, kuma ya yi kamar ya firgita kuma ya ɓaci kamar ita. "Ya ce bai san abin da ya yi ba, bai san yana yin hakan ba, kuma zai ga likita," in ji Watts. Ya ga likitoci, fiye da sau ɗaya—Watts ta tafi tare da shi zuwa wani alƙawari. Ya bayyana cewa yana yin jima'i da Watts da dare yayin da take barci, kuma bai san dalili ba. (Bai ambata cewa yana ba ta magani ba.) Wani lokaci, an ba shi maganin damuwa. Wani lokaci, an gaya masa ya kwanta sanye da wando da bel.

Duk wannan, in ji Watts, shaida ce ta gazawarmu na fahimtar wannan laifin. "Ya gaya wa mutane, ciki har da waɗanda ba likitoci ba, game da wannan abin da yake yi da kuma yadda yake da muni, da kuma yadda yake jin daɗi," in ji ta. "Ya tsara shi ta yadda babu ɗayansu da ya ɗauke shi a matsayin laifi. Tabbas akwai imani cewa idan kana barci, idan ba ka ce a'a ko ka yi yaƙi ba, ba shi da mahimmanci—ba fyade ba ne, kuma ina raunin hankali? Kana aure da shi, kana kwana kusa da shi, kana yin jima'i da shi, don haka ba ya ƙidaya. Shari'ar Pelicot ta kasance mai ban tsoro saboda ba ta shafi mijinta kaɗai ba—akwai wasu maza 50. Na yi imani da gaske cewa idan mijinta kaɗai ne yake yin haka, duniya ba za ta bi shi ba. Babu wanda zai damu."

'Yan sanda sun ɗauki Watts da mahimmanci tun daga farko. "A cikin shari'ata, sun kasance masu kyau," in ji ta. "Har yanzu ban tabbata ko fyade ne ba. Sun ce: 'Zoe, ba za ka iya yarda ba idan an ba ka magani.'" Duk da haka, CPS da farko ta yanke shawarar kada ta tuhume shi, duk da shaidun da ke cikin bayanan lafiyarsa. Watts ta ƙalubalanci wannan yanke shawara. "CPS tana samun imel 10 daga gare ni a rana," in ji ta. Ko da lokacin da aka tuhume shi, ba a ɗauki mijinta a matsayin haɗari ga mata ba, kuma ya yi shekaru huɗu kafin shari'ar yana zaune a kusa. "Yana yin soyayya, har ma ya sami aiki a cibiyar farfadowa," in ji ta. "Don haka yana aiki tare da mata masu rauni da kwayoyi." A 2022, an same shi da laifin fyade, cin zarafi ta hanyar shiga, da kuma ba da wani abu don rinjayar Watts. "Ko da a lokacin, akwai mutane a garin da ke goyon bayansa," in ji ta. "Sun ce: 'Lallai kina ƙin shi don kin yi hakan.'"

Dubi hoton cikakken allo: Zane na kotu na Philip Young, wanda ya amsa laifin fyade da yawa ga tsohuwar matarsa. Hoton: Elizabeth Cook/PA

Stanhope, mai ilimin hypnotherapy, ita ma mutane da yawa a kusa da ita sun ƙyale ta. Ta sadu da Rogerson a 2019 a wani taron rawa. Ta kasance cikin farin ciki sosai, kuma dangantakar ta yi sauri sosai. Amma ba da daɗewa ba, kishinsa da fushinsa—koyaushe ana biye da roƙon gafara—sun fara yin tasiri sosai. An ba Stanhope maganin damuwa, beta blockers, da magungunan barci.

Ba ta san ainihin lokacin da Rogerson ya fara yi mata fyade yayin da take barci ba. Idan ta waiwaya, tana iya ganin alamun gargadi. "Ina farkawa kuma akwai tawul a ƙarƙashina," in ji ta. "Na yi tunanin na kwanta sanye da pajamas na, amma da safe ba sa sanye da su." Lokacin da ta tambaya game da hakan, Rogerson koyaushe yana da amsa a shirye. "Yana da gaslighting," in ji ta. "Yana faɗin abubuwa daban-daban. Idan na tambayi dalilin da yasa tawul yake can, yana iya cewa, 'Ke ki sa shi can, ba ki tuna ba?' ko kuma ya yi dariya ya ce, 'Kina shan magani da yawa, kina rasa hankalinki.' Wani lokaci, yana cewa, 'Ba ki tuna ba? Kin ji daɗi sosai a daren jiya!' Ina ta tunani don fahimta. Kana rayuwa cikin ruɗani tsawon shekaru saboda babu wani abu mai ma'ana."

Kadan daga cikin mutane za su yi tunanin DFSA (cin zarafin jima'i ta hanyar magani) nan da nan. Amma watakila ya kamata mu ƙara yin hakan. A maimakon haka, Stanhope ta koma wurin likita. "Tsawon shekaru biyu, na tabbata ina da cutar Alzheimer," in ji ta, "saboda ruɗani da asarar ƙwaƙwalwa." An tura Stanhope zuwa likitan hauka da likitan jijiyoyi. "Ya fi muni," in ji ta. "An gano ni da pseudodementia. Ainihin, yana nufin ina da duk alamun dementia, amma ba gaskiya ba ne. Sun ba da shawarar cewa matsalar 'lafiyar hankali' ce." "Maganin" shine ƙarin magunguna. "Sun ƙara magungunan antipsychotics, ƙarin magungunan kwantar da hankali, kuma daga baya, lithium," in ji ta. "Idan da sun yi tambayoyin da suka dace: 'Yaya dangantakarki take? Me ke faruwa a gida?' Wataƙila an kama shi. A maimakon haka, an ba ni magani sosai. Ya zama cewa lokacin da dangantakar ta ƙare kuma cin zarafin ya daina, ba na buƙatar kowane magani. Ba na shan komai yanzu."

"Mutane da yawa sun ce mini, 'Yaya ba ki sani ba?'" ta ci gaba. "Yana sa ni fushi sosai. Yanzu, ina tsammanin sai dai idan kana cikin wannan yanayin, sai dai idan kana can, kana shan waɗannan magungunan da ke sa ka kwantar da hankali, kuma kana zaune tare da maƙaryaci mai cutar, ba za ka iya fahimta ba."

Akwai wani dalili da Stanhope ba ta gane abin da ke faruwa ba—kuma kwanan nan ta fahimta ne bayan ta ji wannan abu daga wasu da yawa da suka tsira. "An taɓa tambayar ni, 'Shin ba ki san jiki da kin yi jima'i ba lokacin da kika farka?'" in ji ta. "Amma da yawa daga cikinmu mun fuskanci wannan abu. Mijinanmu yawanci suna tabbatar da cewa sun yi jima'i da mu a farkon dare—don haka lokacin da kika farka kin san kin yi jima'i, kina tunanin wannan ne."

Laifukan Rogerson sun fito fili ne kawai saboda Stanhope ta kai matsayi mafi ƙasƙanci kuma tana son mutuwa. Ta sha magani mai yawa, kuma ko da yake Rogerson ya kira 999, ya yi mata fyade yayin da take sume yayin da yake jiran motar asibiti. Yayin da yake yi mata fyade, ta farka. Bayan haka, Stanhope ta sami damar ƙare dangantakar, amma lokacin da ya yi barazanar kashe kansa, an shawo kanta ta bar shi ya kwana a kan sofa yayin da yake gyara rayuwarsa. Har yanzu, ta farka ta same shi yana yi mata fyade. A lokacin ne ta tafi wurin 'yan sanda.

Bincikensu daga baya ya gano cewa Rogerson ya yi fim ɗin wani hari kuma ya buga hotunan Stanhope a kan layi. A watan Afrilu na bara, an tuhume shi da laifuffuka biyar na fyade tsakanin 2021 da 2023, ko da yake babu wanda ya shafi DFSA, tunda Stanhope ta san kanta tana shan magungunan. Makonni shida bayan haka, Rogerson ya kashe kansa.

Har yanzu tana ƙoƙarin fahimtar komai. Ta yi imani cewa batsa ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin abin da ya faru. "Ya mai da hankali sosai kan batsa," in ji ta. Ya kasance yana ɗaukar lokaci mai tsawo a kan wayarsa a bandaki. Yana da ban dariya, saboda akwai abubuwan da na ji kunyar faɗi har yanzu. Tun lokacin da na fara haɗuwa da sauran waɗanda suka tsira a wannan shekara ne muka gane cewa duk mun sha wahala iri ɗaya. Yana da ban mamaki sosai, amma da yawa daga cikin waɗannan maza, ciki har da shi, suna sha'awar shafukan swingers kuma sun nemi mu gwada. Na ce a'a. Binciken 'yan sanda ya nuna cewa ya ɗora hotunana a waɗannan shafuka ba tare da na sani ba.

DFSA ba abu ne da ya fara da batsa ba. Gwen Seabourne, farfesa da ke nazarin tarihin shari'a na zamanin da, ta sami wata shari'a daga 1292 inda wani likita a kudu maso yammacin Ingila ya ba da magani ya yi wa majiyyaci fyade. A Burtaniya ta Victoria, DFSA ta haifar da fushi na jama'a, wanda ya shafi barasa, chloroform, da "knockout drops" (magani mai kwantar da hankali mai suna chloral hydrate), waɗanda duk ba a sarrafa su ba kuma suna da sauƙin samu. "Koyaushe za a sami maza masu yin fyade, sarrafawa, da jin cancanta," in ji Stanhope. "Mafi tsufa mai tsira da ya tuntuɓe mu ya fuskanci shi shekaru da yawa da suka wuce—amma ina jin cewa batsa ta kan layi ta sa ya faru sau da yawa."

"Abubuwan barci" ba a ɓoye su a wurare masu nisa ba. A cikin binciken Jamus game da Motherless, kalmomin nema kamar "passed out," "drugged," da "raped" sun kawo dubun dubatar bidiyo, hotuna, da koyarwa. Motherless tana tallata kanta a matsayin "mai ɗaukar nauyi mara ɗabi'a"—amma irin wannan abu ana iya samunsa a shafuka da yawa. Binciken da aka yi a baya kan Pornhub da sauran shafukan manya ya gano cewa ɗaya daga cikin bidiyo takwas a shafukansu na farko yana nuna wani abu da ba bisa doka ba.

Shin akwai wani nau'in ƙarfafawa a nan? Abin da wataƙila ya kasance tunani ko fantasy na wucewa yanzu, tare da ƙaramin ƙoƙari, zai iya zama mai da hankali, sannan ya zama abin sha'awa, kuma a ƙarshe ya zama aikin haɗin gwiwa. "An daidaita shi, an kusan ɗauke shi a matsayin abin karɓa," in ji Stanhope. "Na ga saƙonnin da waɗannan maza ke rabawa, suna taya juna murna da yabo, suna ba juna shawara. Wannan duk ɓangare ne na shi. Ba abota ba ce, amma wuri ne na haɗin gwiwa, sha'awa ta gama gari, wanda aka gina a kan wani abu mai muni. Mugunta ce."

Samun juna ya taimaka wa Stanhope, hagu, da Watts su ga laifin a fili. Hoton: Family handout

Masanin ilimin halayyar dan adam na Norway Svein Overland ya nuna kamanceceniya tsakanin DFSA da kallon batsa. Ta wasu hanyoyi, DFSA shine mataki na gaba na batsa. Batsa shine "jima'i ta hanya ɗaya," ba tare da buƙatar farantawa, yin aiki, ko mu'amala da abokin tarayya ba. DFSA kuma tana cire abokin tarayya ta hanyar sanya su ba su nan, abu mai wucewa, akwati. Masanin falsafa Kate Manne, marubucin Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women, ta yi imani cewa DFSA ta wuce hakan. Hanya ce ta guje wa kunya, a zahiri "rufe idanunta ga rashin mutuncinsa." Shin mutumin da ke kuka da aka yi masa shari'a a kotun Northampton crown a makon da ya gabata zai rubuta a jikin matarsa kuma ya ɗaure ta idan ta iya ganinsa? DFSA shine "satar hayyacinta, faɗakarwarta, farkawarta," in ji Manne. "Ba ta magani; rufe ta; kuma ba kawai shiru ta ba amma ka guje wa kunyar idanunta a kanka."

Gurfanar da shi yana da wuya kuma yana da wahala, kuma har yanzu ba a sami kididdiga masu dogaro ba. A cikin binciken laifuka na Ingila da Wales wanda ya ƙare Maris 2025, kusan kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na waɗanda abin ya shafa ba su sani ba ko kuma suna barci yayin da aka yi musu fyade ta hanyar shiga. "Laifi ne shiru wanda zai iya zama ba a lura da shi ba tsawon shekaru," in ji Watts. "Sai dai idan ka yi karo da shaidar bidiyo, wace hujja kake da ita cewa hakan ya faru? Kuma ko da kana da hotuna, ana iya gaya maka cewa babu shari'ar laifi. Ta yaya za ka tabbatar da cewa ba ka yarda da su ba?" Ga Watts, amsar ta fara ne da wayar da kan jama'a da faɗakarwa—haske kan laifin da al'amuransa na gama gari.

Game da "al'ummomin" kan layi waɗanda ke raba bidiyon cin zarafin jima'i ta hanyar magani (DFSA), Clare McGlynn, farfesa a fannin shari'a a Jami'ar Durham kuma marubucin Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back, ta ce muna da kayan aikin da za mu iya rusa su. "Waɗannan ayyukan laifuffuka ne a fili," in ji ta. "Ba da magani da yi wa wani fyade ba bisa doka ba ne. Har ila yau, laifi ne yin rikodin ko yin fim ɗin ayyukan jima'i ba tare da izini ba da kuma raba shi ba tare da izini ba. Kuma laifi ne mallakar abin da ake kira 'batsa mai tsanani,' wanda ya haɗa da bidiyon fyade, ko an shirya shi ko na gaske."

Matsala ta ainihi, kuma, ita ce aiwatarwa. "Da farko, 'yan sanda suna buƙatar ɗaukar rahotanni da mahimmanci. Ko da sun yi bincike, masu amfani galibi ba a san su ba kuma suna cikin ƙasashe daban-daban—amma waɗannan ƙalubalen ba su da wuya a shawo kansu."

Daidaita dandamalin da ke ɗaukar wannan abu yana da mahimmanci. Dokar Tsaron Kan layi (OSA) ta shafi kowane dandamali da ke da alaƙa da Burtaniya, ko da a ina yake. A ƙarƙashin OSA, waɗannan dandamali dole ne su hana mutane ganin "laifuffuka masu fifiko na laifi"—kamar fyade da DFSA—kuma su cire irin wannan abu lokacin da aka gaya musu game da shi. "Muna buƙatar mai tsarawa mai sauri da himma," in ji McGlynn. "Wataƙila ya kamata a sami hanyar taka tsantsan da za ta ba mai tsarawa damar cire wani abu da farko sannan ya bincika."

Game da dandamalin batsa, Ofcom bai ɗauki wani mataki ba tukuna kan abun ciki, kawai kan tabbatar da shekaru. Wani mai magana da yawun Ofcom ya amsa tambayoyi game da tsara abubuwan da suka shafi barci da wannan bayanin: "Dokar Tsaron Kan layi tana buƙatar kamfanoni su ɗauki matakai masu himma don tantancewa da rage haɗarin amfani da ayyukansu don aikata ko taimakawa aikata laifuffuka. Muna bincika yadda dandamali da yawa ke cika waɗannan ayyuka kuma muna aiki tare da jami'an tsaro don samun bayanai da tallafawa tattara shaidunmu. Mun ƙudura don ɗaukar mataki lokacin da muka sami gazawa, yayin da muke kula da kare mutuncin binciken laifuka da ke gudana."

"Barci ba ya wanzu a gare ni yanzu. Me zan yi? Shan magungunan barci?"

Watts ta zaɓi kada ta mai da hankali kan gaskiyar cewa hot