Stop Street Harassment

Making Public Spaces Safe and Welcoming

“The officer visited his house”

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Being a young pretty model, verbal harassment happens often. Being from south of Russia originally I usually put them back in their place or publicly draw attention to them. However this time it was slightly irrational.

There was no one around and two lads stopped in a car just to tell me “You are shit you are really really shit f*** you!” It was so out of nowhere that I was scared to say anything back. So I came home and dialed 999. I had taken down his plate number. The inspector rang me back to make sure I know they take it seriously. Then after an hour a female officer came to see me. It turned out it was a crime as section 5 public order offence, besides it was gender-based. The officer visited his house, etc. He now has a criminal record. Ladies, you don’t have to take this shit!

Optional: What’s one way you think we can make public places safer for everyone?

Mother’s in Britain should stop telling their daughters to ignore it or be a bigger person. If anything g ignoring makes you feel like a smaller person

– Nara

Location: Liverpool, UK

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Exhibit: Surviving Street Harassment in Mexico City

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Read the powerful street harassment stories of 76 Mexican women in Fusion’s online exhibit “‘All the Time. Every Day’: Surviving Street Harassment in Mexico City.”

Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh spent a week there drawing portraits of women for her Stop Telling Women to Smile project, printing and posting them around the city. The exhibit includes a video about her time there.

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“Hey, buddy, wanna share?”

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Back when I was around 16, an older boy I knew was walking me home from school. I wasn’t dressed flashy, or showy, but a passing 30-something year old man must have thought so, because he turned around and called, “Hey, buddy, wanna share?”

The boy he thought I was escorting was actually my elder brother. He wasn’t too happy about that.

Optional: What’s one way you think we can make public places safer for everyone?

Have more good brothers who aren’t afraid to punch someone for their sister, is one. But it’s really sad that it has to come to that.Harassment is something that just shouldn’t happen. It’s a shame that many men do it, and even more of a shame that we live in a society that teaches us to not stick up for ourselves.

– Madison Gard

Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA

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Runners Tweet Chat on Thursday

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Via the RunHers site: 

“Have you ever been cat called while out running or in other public places?  Let’s chat about it.  Join us on February 5th at 12pm EST with Runner’s World Chief Running Officer and the Mayor of Running Bart Yasso; Runner’s World’s Zelle; Stop Street Harrassment’s Holly Kearl; along with freelance journalist and author of the upcoming book Running: A Love Story Jen A. Miller, whose article “Wearing Her #Whorepants” took social media by storm.

Most of you are familiar with Twitter Chats. If not, the way, here’s how it works: we will tweet the questions, and you can give us your stories, perspectives, thoughts and ideas on how we can all work together to address these important issues of street harassment, cat calling and other harassment and violence in public places. The hashtag we will Tweet with is #RWsafety…

Here is a link to Jen’s story “Wearing Her #Whorepants.”  Jen A. Miller has been a freelance journalist for the last 10 years, sticking with the work from home lifestyle because she likes running before lunch and working with her Jack Russell Terrier by her side. She’s a frequent contributor to Runner’s World, Running Times, Zelle, The New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer and her memoir, Running: A Love Story will be published by Seal Press in early 2016. “

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