Street harassment is NOT a new problem.
The Washington Post tells us:
“An ordinance enacted in 1905, though since repealed:
[H]ereafter any male person in the City of Houston who shall stare at, or make what is commonly called “goo-goo eyes” at, or in any other manner look at or make remarks to or concerning, or cough or whistle at, or do any other act to attract the attention of any woman or female person upon or traveling along any of the sidewalks, streets or public ways of the City of Houston, with the intent or in a manner calculated to annoy, or to attempt to flirt with any such woman or female person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in the Corporation Court of the City of Houston, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding One Hundred Dollars….”
While that law is no longer around, these laws against #streetharassment are: http://tinyurl.com/oqaxo5r
