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Street Harassment Stories:
Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:
Collective Action for Safe Spaces
Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine
Street Harassment in South Africa
Many of the Hollaback sites
Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:*
* New York Times, “Harassers of Women in Cairo Now Face Wrath of Vigilantes“
* Hurriyet Daily News, “Egyptian women organize against harassment“
* Human Rights First, “Harassmap Founder Addresses Sexual Violence In Egypt“
* Huffington Post, “Do You Exercise Inside Because You Don’t Want to Be Harassed?“
* The MidEast News Source, “Sexual Harassment in Saudi Arabia“
* The Express Tribune (Pakistan), “Sexually harassed in Pakistan, with or without a hijab“
* The Times of India, “Lady cops to tackle harassment of in Guwahati“
* The Times of India, “Romeo Mobile fails to check road ‘Romeos‘”
* Everyday Feminism, “7 Steps You Can Take To Address Street Harassment“
* Science Daily, “We’re More Passive Than We Predict When Sexually Harassed, New Study Shows“
* Jezebel, “Women Don’t ‘Fight Back’ Against Harassment as Much as We Think We Do, and That’s Just Fine“
* Jezebel, “I Ate So Men Wouldn’t Pay Attention To Me“
* Geekologie, “Mugger!: iPhone Case With Integrated Pepper Spray“
* Business Standard, “Three arrested for eve-teasing, threatening to kill“
* Irish Central, “New web site to expose Irish men guilty of sexual harassment, and sexual insults“
* PreventConnect, “Street harassment: A bystander’s guide“
Announcements:
New:
* Register — Webinar: Street Harassment: How To Stop Feeling Helpless and Start Feeling Empowered, Dec. 6, 2012: 8 – 9:30 p.m. ET, $15
Reminders:
* Sign the petition: “Tell New York: Subway Sexual Assault is a Serious Crime“
* There’s a new tumblr called Street Harassment Fashion that challenges victim-blaming
* There are new anti-street harassment groups in Australia and Nepal
* Read an interview with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh about her beautiful art work against street harassment
* What did street harassment look like in 1945?
* @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. @rebsanti I’d like to believe most men who catcall (especially at night) would stop if they knew how threatened and unsafe it makes many women feel.
2. @pajoveralls lmao at that guy who is like “when i catcall at women in the street, it makes their day better” does it DOES IT REALLY
3. @CallOutCatCalls Kudos to the man Saturday night who told his friend to “leave the girl alone,” when he was harassing me. More ppl should do the same. #endSH
4. @sweaterlinson @niallsnowran “i think street harassment is a good thing, it makes women feel better about themselves” are…..you…….kidding me???
5. @kymtje Love the Fake Friend response to Street Harassment – may have to use this one: https://stopstreetharassment.org/2012/02/fakefriend/ …
6. @decofoxx Was walkin home after buyin & consumin some chamomile w mah bros and passed by a bar w outdoor terrace and these guys did the catcall thing.
7. @rajrouj18 Women & girls don’t giggle if run into street sexual harassment bc it is not a compliment. http://fb.me/2tMTgptoK
8. @OaklandElle Reminder: Making unwanted advances towards someone neither entitles you to acknowledgement, nor obligates them to respond. #StreetHarassment
9. @fyeahmfabello And you think street harassment isn’t scary for women? This is why it’s terrifying.
10. @hkearl 1914, woman harassed by 500 men sent 501st 2 jail. learned so much abt #streetharassment 1880-1930 at #nwsa2012 session pic.twitter.com/opZK3mgb
11. @mishsolomon That awkward moment when a kids’ movie tacitly condones street harassment. #hoteltransylvania @EverydaySexism
12. @ennacooper Star Wars: the story of a young man who sees a woman he fancies who he then chases across the galaxy to try to talk to her #streetharassment
13. @WriteClubUK @schemaly You are as ever, FABULOUS! I run every day and the abuse I get (“your tits are bouncing”) to following me is AWFUL! LOVE you! xx
14. @Sophidav But anyway, I count my #streetharassment at 5 times between Monday and Friday this week. Avg. once a day. Is that ok?
15. @NoStHarassWeek The election has given us 4+ yrs of preserving the rights that our foremothers fought for. But now OUR fight is ending street harassment!
