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Weekly Round Up: September 19, 2010

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In the News, On the Blogs:

Announcements:

10 Tweets from the Week:

  • PiperYAnderson Wearing tights for the first time in over 10yrs. Stopped wearing shorts or tights after a traumatic experience. #streetharassment
  • lillyheart: Decided: I would rather tithe to @iHollaback than the church until it recognizes my humanity.
  • accostherwilde A new taste of street harassment: dudes holla-ing @ me from their cars as I sit on my porch. Now they know where I live
  • MissNabokov Men probably don’t realise what a big issue street harassment actually is (unless they’re the ones doing it). It really needs addressing.
  • gyraff Why tweet abt st. harassment? Was told all my life to feel “grateful” and “appreciated” for getting catcalls . Actually, it feels yucky.
  • mgeils One of the many things I don’t miss about public transit/busing/walking is street harassment and catcalling #fuckyou #shutup
  • Mdotwrites DC streets be quiet on Redskin Sundays. Mean less street harassment for me. Ain’t THAT some shit.
  • CTrouper Had my eyeballs on a copy of glamour mag. Q&a on street harassment article on summer of mainstream misogyny. Heart.
  • smanamana I also hate this RT @karennattiah: Street harassment is one thing I hate about New York
  • clembastow Here’s a hint, guys: street harassment does not make women want to “spend some time” with you.

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Street harasser causes traffic jam

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I was just walking down the street near my work place, on my way to get some lunch. A man in a large truck started slowly following me and staring at me. I gave him a bad look but he didn’t go away – he was holding up the traffic behind him. I flicked my finger at him and he started yelling and swearing at me from his truck window. He wouldn’t stop until I went into a nearby building.

– Anonymous

Location: Avenue DuRocher, Outrement, Quebec, Canada

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Who thinks it’s okay to masturbate on someone on the train?

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I was on a packed train the other day and the man facing me was masturbating down his pants/pocket against my crotch. It scared the absolute shit out of me and I got out at the next stop, shaking and in tears. I can’t believe someone would do something like that, especially in a crowded place! Little does the sicko know I’ve reported the incident to the police and they’re in the process of checking the cctv and tracking him down. Hopefully he’ll get caught before he goes even further and does something worse to a woman.

– Anonymous

Location: London

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Street harassment in middle age

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Hi I am a middle age women and you would think that street harassment would not happen to me but it does and is quite painful at my age. I can not believe how disrespectful some young men are. I have been told that I am in pretty good shape for my age and I am petite maybe that what causes that reaction, however it’s very annoying.

– Anonymous

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Ways to deal with street harassment in Indonesia

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It happened when I lived in Jakarta (Indonesia). My family (my husband and I have 2 kids) just moved there. I like taking my bike to see around the neighbourhood or just walk.

Most of the houses have guards. They sit or stand outside of the gate house together, playing card or smoke together. One day I passed them with my bike. When I was right i front of them, they started to whistle at me, a few of them were calling me, “hei hei where are you going?”, they said many things to me.

But, hey, I’m a mature woman. They can not do that to me. I’m not innocent little girl anymore. Be careful you, men!! So, I stopped my bike calmly, I went to them, looked at them calmly and confidence and said lots of things, that i do not like what they did to me. I said that I live in this neighbourhood, they will see me nearly everyday, and that will not be nice for me if they keep doing that, I also can report them to their bosses (they do not want to loose their job of course).

They said sorry.

And then every time I ride my bike or walk going somewhere, I always wear something nice, looking smart and “wealthy”. I realised, after a few experiences, if I wear something too simple (just t-shirt and short pants and sandal no make up) I got this street harassment. But if i wear something nice (at least wear shoes and sunglasses!!), I don’t get this nasty thing. And carry myself with confidence.

I hate street harassment.

– Anonymous

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

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