Stories:
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- On this blog, a woman tells how a man followed her home from the metro in St. Louis, another talks about her vulnerability to harassment while riding her Vespa in Dallas, a woman in Michigan has a guy regularly leer at her at her work, a woman talks about how men harass her on her way to her volunteering appointments, and a woman in California had a man touch her butt at a restaurant.
- On HollaBack DC! a woman tells how a man exposed himself to her and masturbated.
In the News:
- Taxi drivers harass, assault women in Canada and Australia.
- An Italian tv presenter groped David Beckham during a tv interview.
- When groping victims talk back (via The Washington City Paper)
- Battling phone sexual harassment in Egypt
Announcements:
- Want an easy way to report harassers from your phone or want to receive a report showing all the places harassment has recently occurred? Then vote for HollaBack 2.0! This is a proposed project by HollaBack NYC and RightRides and they’re in the second round of a competition for funding to make this a reality.
Events:
- Eight weeks of self defense classes through Defend Yourself begin Jan 26. Learn more, sign up.
Resource of the Week:
- Street Harassment Project’s archives of harassment stories
Golden Silence says
I agree with the final comment on the David Beckham article—had a woman been the one groped by a man, all hell would’ve broken loose. But since it was a woman groping a man, it was all in “great fun.”
It’s not right either way.
DK says
I agree, too. And, her reasoning was completely stupid (as it often is with gropers). Perhaps if his crotch had been on fire, and she happened to be the only person close enough to put it out, it might have been okay, but that will never happen.