Yes, indeed, I have a vagina, but I do not need to be constantly reminded of it.
I am a woman. I have been living in Barcelona for 10 years and nearly every day I am harassed by men. Nearly every day, as I go about my daily business, I endure leering, cat calls, whistles, honking, kisses, lewd slurping noises and sexually explicit gestures with the fingers, tongues, hands. This is all unpleasant enough if it weren’t often accompanied by sexual remarks about my body, breasts, and genitalia, offers of sex and other sexual acts, or lascivious details about what the sexual encounter would entail. Sometimes there is unsolicited physical contact, other times the harasser exposes himself or masturbates. The harassment occurs nearly anywhere and at any time of the day. The harassers are of all ages (pubescent boys to aged men) and races (white Catalan/Spanish, South American, Middle Eastern, but interestingly NEVER black). The harassers are ALWAYS male.
I am a woman and I am harassed by men on a daily basis. It never happens when I am accompanied by another male. But it does happen when I am accompanied by my young daughter.
I am a woman and I am harassed. I want it to stop. I want it to stop for me and I want it to stop for my daughter and I want it to stop for all women. We women deserve to be free to live our lives in peace.
I am a woman. I am harassed. I am tired of living a life being harassed by men.
– Anonymous
Location: Barcelona, Spain
