Archives for October 2012

* @Shefunionwomcom We are collating stories of women’s experiences of street harassment. If you have a story please email it to womens.committee@shef.ac.uk

* METRAC released a free “Not Your Baby App” to provide responses you can use when experiencing harassment

* The Adventures of Salwa campaign has a hotline for sexual harassment cases in Lebanon: 76-676862.

* In Bangalore, India, there is a helpline for street harassment 080 – 22943225 / 22864023

* Report #streetharassment in Pakistan at @NameAndShamePk, email nameandshame@ryse.pk, SMS 0314-800-35-68 or online at http://www.nameandshame.pk

15 Tweets from the Week:

1. @thetrudz: I don’t like that Axe body spray for men. It smells like street harassment, STDs and despair.

2. ‏@MaiE_89 Don’t understand how one of the holiest days of the year can turn into a fest for sexual harassers. Depressing. #EndSH #Egypt

3. @mfatta7 I don’t advise any woman to go to downtown alone or in company of others #endSH

4. @HollabackSF On my way to watch #SFGiants game near ballpark: “Hey can I have a kiss? For the Giants?” THERE’S NO #STREETHARASSMENT IN BASEBALL!!

5. @sana2 Walking in the streets with pepper spray and a monopod for self defence happy Eid indeed #EndSH

6. @Chell_Dunphy I think it’s really important to create dialogue about public/street harassment. Any time I bring it up, people are shocked by the stories

7. @WhoaWhitney Creepers catcall at me, and I mentally turn into Buffy.

8. @Fengxii Oh god I just witnessed a group of men catcall irl and now I feel sick and disgusted and unhappy.

9. @captainmorganj instead of ignoring men who catcall me I got the gumption to start giving the dirtiest looks back I can muster

10. @porcinea A loud “compliment” & a wolf whistle on the way to pick up Mr. X. A catcall returning from taking him to karate. #everydaysexism #bikeNYC

11. @SACETN Street harassment is not a compliment.

12. ‏@OaklandElle BTW, have noticed a significant reduction in street harassment when wearing feminist patches.

13. @MearaKoh You know what guys? Being cat called at 9am doesn’t really put me in the smiling mood, no matter how much you ask #StreetHarassment

14. @LionEnvy Street Harassment Is Not A Compliment Flowy Dolman Tee also dropped online today. Pick this sassy piece up t http://instagr.am/p/RGd_2aIw5N/

15. @generoCITY_ #BSU Mr. & Miss Junior present Hey Baby: The violence behind Street Harassment http://instagr.am/p/RGEwE3JT08/

“Spray-painting “I’m a harasser’

October 27, 2012 By HKearl

Quick story via AP about street harassment activism and resistance to it in Egypt yesterday:

“CAIRO (AP) — A group of Egyptian men had a mission for this year’s Eid al-Adha, Islam’s biggest holiday, which began Friday. They wanted to make some effort to stop sexual harassment of women, which in past years has spiked in Cairo during the holiday celebrations with the crowds of rowdy men in the streets.

Their idea was simple: to patrol downtown Cairo and shame men who harass women by cornering them and spray-painting “I’m a harasser” on their backs.

That proved pretty much impossible, however. The small group was outnumbered by boys and men who mocked them, some of them blaming women for bringing harassment by the way they dress.

Gathering on Friday afternoon on Tahrir Square, the epicenter of Egypt’s 2011 revolution, about 20 men — mostly university students — donned neon yellow vests marked “Anti-Harassment.”

They steeled themselves for confrontation with the throngs of young men and boys who had taken to the streets with spending money they received as holiday gifts on the first day of the four-day Eid, or Festival of Sacrifice, celebrated by Muslims worldwide. Many in the crowds were blaring air horns and other holiday noisemakers.

“There’s no solution but grabbing them and trying to stop them,” said organizer Shadi Hussien, 19. “If there were (anti-harassment) laws, we could discuss those. And if the police did their jobs, then we wouldn’t be here.”

Hussien and the group of mostly strangers who he organized through Facebook and Twitter say their effort is a last-ditch attempt at forcing the new Egyptian government to respond to sexual harassment, a reality of daily life for Egyptian women.

Notably, no women showed up to join their group. “No women are coming today, it’s too dangerous,” Hussien said. “They might be attacked.”

The only two women that showed up were Egyptian journalists covering it. “I expect there will be problems today because of this event,” said Aya Dabis of the Egyptian paper The Seventh Day.

In past years, the Eid has seen major instances of harassment, with crowds of young men groping passing women — so heavily that women had to flee into shops, and for days afterward newspapers decried the mob attacks.”

Bravo, to the male allies for taking a stand!

“You’re a Dude, Talk to your Dudes”

October 26, 2012 By HKearl

Yay, I love it when I can end the week on a positive note — watch Kamau tackle street harassment in a very funny way on his show “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell”!

“The women of NYC are sick of being harassed on the street so Kamau tries something different—treating them with respect. Afterwards, Kamau provides tips for men who want to make a change.

Watch “Totally Biased” all new Thursdays at11:30 p.m. only on FX!”

“The last thing I want is to be silent about this”

October 26, 2012 By Contributor

My boyfriend and I were out in Charlotte’s NoDA district, walking to the car after dinner. Someone behind us started calling out, “Hey baby” and a few other things, then he asked something like, “Is that your girl” to my boyfriend.

I turned around angrily to face him. He approached, told me his name and some other crap I don’t remember, and asked me my name. I told him that I don’t give out my name, and that I was trying (emphasis on trying) to enjoy a night out with my boyfriend. I had a pretty strong sense that he would respect that I had a boyfriend more than he would respect that I on my own was not interested in him, and aside from that, I wanted to have a nice night out with my partner, and he was ruining our good time.

As expected, he respected that I had a boyfriend more than he acknowledged that what he did was harassment. He shook my boyfriend’s hand, said a few things, and left.

I’ve also submitted this story to Hollaback and my personal blog, because the last thing I want is to be silent about this. Harassment is not okay and it’s not a compliment.

– Anonymous

Location: Charlotte North Carolina, NoDA District

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“Give me that juicy bootie, girl.”

October 25, 2012 By Contributor

I was pulling money out of the ATM at a Bank of America, and a young man in his late teens or early twenties calls out, “Give me that juicy bootie, girl.”

– Veronica Rojas Munoz

Location: Hollywood, CA

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