Weekly Round Up Feb. 7, 2010 | Stop Street Harassment

Stories:

On this blog, a woman in NYC tells about a sexually explicit comment made to her on her walk home, a woman in an unspecified location tells how a man tried to drag her along with him and his friends, and another woman in Virginia had a man make inappropriate comments to her and then hurl insults at her on her way to work.
On HollaBack DC! a woman remembers how a man spit in her face as she crossed Key Bridge a few years ago and another talks about how she passed by a man who flashed her on the street.
On the blog Freedom Fighter Alicia writes about a harassment experience in Washington, DC ,on the metro.
On HollaBack NYC, a woman successfully told a man who was rubbing up on her on the subway to stop, another woman was masturbated on by a man during her subway ride, and another woman was harassed on the street and then blamed for it by a police officer to whom she reported it.

In the News:

Women and girls in Islamabad, Pakistan, talk about harassment while riding and waiting for buses.
A man groped a woman during a Disneyland ride and she filed a report.
The New York Times covers subway muggings, harassment, and assault and cites New Yorkers for Safe Transit.
Learn how to react to guys who groper on Jezebel.
Rachel Simmons discusses whether or not girls see street harassment as a badge of honor or a battle scar.
Equal Writes discusses anti-harassment ads on the New York subway system.
A writer on the Guide to Global Muslim Culture talks about women-only public transportation from the perspective of a woman who has used it in Egypt.
On Gender Across Borders a writer talks about being fed up with street harassment and the male gaze.
HollaBack NYC co-founder Emily May was interviewed for Global Sister.

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