This summer I’ve probably been street harassed twice a week, if not more sometimes and I don’t even go out a lot! This week I was walking back home from a place that is literally not a full block away from my house and a guy started cat calling me and pulled over. And I just came back from the park where guys in a car started honking and whistling, and called me a bitch. My mom was even pretty close by!? I’m only 16 years old and I already feel disgusted like women are objects in the eyes of some men.
But this is nothing unusual in our society.
What I wanted to share was my younger cousin’s response to someone street harassing her. She bragged about the disgusted, perverted comments made to her by some strangers. To her it was a compliment, something that made desirable in our society because men want her.
That made me sad. That empowers the harassers even more.
– Anonymous
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See the book 50 Stories about Stopping Street Harassers for more idea
