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Digest of Street Harassment News: Jan. 27, 2014

January 27, 2014 By SSHIntern

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Street Harassment Stories:

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Bijoya in Bangladesh

Collective Action for Safe Spaces

Everyday Sexism

HarassMap in Egypt

The Hollaback Sites

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Safe City India

Safe Streets in Yemen

Street Harassment in South Africa

Street Harassment in the News, on the Blogs:

* Firstpost, “Eve-teasing, molestation of NE women common in metros: Survey”

* Daily Illini, “Catcalling not synonymous with flattery”

* Pakistan Daily Times, “Man killed for stopping youth from eve-teasing”

* SBM, “The Introvert Struggle, Street Harassment, and Where the Good Guys Are”

* The Concordian, “Cat got your tongue: Responding to street harassment”

* Collective Action for Safe Spaces, “5,000: The Number of Dollars We Need to Raise to Paint An Anti-Street Harassment Mural in DC”

* HollabackMUMBAI, “Reclaim The Streets, Reclaim Your Right, Demand The #RightRepublic”

* The McGill Daily, “Catcalls and the violence behind them”

* Creative Boom, “City of Brotherly Loves takes a stand against men who catcall”

* BuzzFeed, “8 Reasons A Catcall is Not A Compliment”

* XO Jane, “Street Harassment“

Announcements:

Reminders:

* We’re collecting stories about the street harassment of LGBQTAI people for a new web section — please consider sharing yours, if relevant!

* Meet SSH’s newest board member, Patrick Ryne McNeil, who specializes in the street harassment of gay and bisexual men.

* SSH’s first Blog Correspondents cohort of 2014 launched this month. They will write monthly articles through April.

10 Tweets from the Week:

* @juliemastrine Getting followed on my walk home. Told him “I don’t want to talk” & “Stop harassing me.” Seems to be gone but now I’m spooked 🙁 #endSH

* @msbrandiebrown: @britnidlc Today a man described my pregnant appearance as “juicy and fresh.” *gags* #endSH

* @Libitina2 People talking about street harassment and how it’s the worst in the summer. Yet I’ve gotten harassed every day this week. (1/?)

* @JAMyerson: @CapobiaNB Good rule: if you are worried your flirtation might be harassment, don’t do it.

* @kay_fil “No Scrubs” is the best anti –#streetharassment anthem of all time – only scrubs think it’s fly to holla at girls from cars so stop doing it

* @citygirldc Please explain 2 me why a dude would roll down his car window in the cold just 2 demand I change my facial expression. #streetharassment

* @Dontharassmebro Dude grabs my arm when I walk by and hisses “hey baby. that dressss…” In what universe is that okay? #streetharassment #dontharassmebro

* @kerrydiekmann I need #feminism bc when someone warned me about the sidewalks being icy on my walk home, I 1st assumed SH @StopSTHarassmnt @SafeSpacesDC

* @aslibharat Raise your voice against eve teasing. Be a man not evil. #eveteasing

*@juliemastrine: @dana_hoyes Not getting harassed/groped/sexualized etc on the street *is* a basic human right. #streetharassment

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“All these charges can lead them to jail”

January 27, 2014 By Contributor

Yesterday evening I was outside WinCo Foods 7330 NE Butler St, Hillsboro, Oregon. I was at the store entrance picking some plants. A very calm, collected normal looking white male came close to me and said inappropriate sexual sentence about their intention to do something sexual to me. I did not want to believe what my ears heard (being an international non-native English speaker i am used to making sure that I understand exactly what people are asking/ saying to me) so i said almost in disbelief, “What?” He repeated the inappropriate sexual words. I was shocked, startled, angry.

“What did you just say to me?” I asked loudly and a few people entering or leaving the store heard me and started looking at us. Then the guy loudly said, “I just said you look pretty.” I told him, “No this is not what you said,” and he started moving away and I almost grabbed his collar but he took off running. I was really mad and shouted, “Stop right there…why are you running away like a coward if you didn’t say/do anything inappropriate.”

People carried on with their business but one kind young lady came to me and told me to come back to the well lit store entrance and be safe, she helped me calm down and made sure that I was ok and feeling safe. I felt insulted, threatened and many thoughts came to my mind like was this man following me? Did he know where I have parked my car? What if they come back with a weapon or something. I reported the incident to police and gave the description of the man.

What the man did was totally unacceptable and inappropriate. I suspect he targeted me because I am a brown female. I am also very petite so he might have thought that I am incapable of confronting a male. I hope this person will never repeat it because they can be charged with 1) harassing someone because of their nationality/color, 2) picking a fight/provoking someone to act violently and 3) disrupting peace at a public place. All these charges can lead them to jail.

– Anonymous

Location: WinCo Foods 7330 NE Butler St, Hillsboro, Oregon

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“Why are you ignoring me?”

January 26, 2014 By Contributor

A story I have to share happened a few days ago. I was walking from my house going to the library and I passed by a group of men and one of them said, “Damn shawty I’ve been waiting on you all day” and i ignored him then he shouted out “AYE GIRL COME HERE YOU PRETTY! WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU IGNORING ME!” And i just kept on walking.

– C.T.

Location: Bronx, NY

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“That Stuff Actually Happens?”

January 25, 2014 By SSHIntern

Earlier this week, I explained my internship with Stop Street Harassment to a male friend. He immediately asked me, “What is street harassment?” I explained that it can include, but is not limited to, honks, whistles, crude comments, uncomfortable leering, or even unwanted physical contact. I expected some sort of heartfelt response. Instead, he surprised me by asking, “So that stuff actually happens?”At first I was mildly annoyed because I assumed that he was being condescending. However, as the conversation continued, I came to a sudden realization: he had no idea what I was talking about.

This was not the first time that I’ve had to explain what street harassment is to a man. However, it took me until this conversation to realize why men do not understand it. Aside from individuals in the LGBQT community, women are experiencing the majority of street harassment. Harassment in public spaces is simply not an obstacle that the average man has to face in his daily life. For that reason alone, I cannot expect every man to fully understand how often this harassment occurs or the humiliation that accompanies it.

I still keep finding myself returning to that guy’s question, “So that stuff actually happens?” It makes me recall how I reacted to my own experiences with street harassment. After an incident, I would confide in either my sister, my mom, or my female friends. Never once did I approach my dad, boyfriend, brother-in-law, or male friends about what I had experienced. For some reason, I only found myself sharing these stories in hushed tones among other women. I did this partially because I knew that the women around me had similar experiences. It was cathartic to vent with them about the jerks that whistled and yelled. I also did this because I never wanted to make the men in my life worry about my safety. Perhaps this is another reason why some men remain blissfully unaware of street harassment. It’s possible that we’re keeping them out the loop.

For the benefit of everyone, we must break free from our inhibitions. We need to bring harassment out from hushed female circles, instead sharing with all loved ones, both women and men. Ladies, if you have a brush with street harassment, consider sharing your experience with a man. Let him know that it happens. Let him know that it is degrading, intolerable, and terrifying. You will be doing him a favor by letting him relate to the women in his life that much more. It doesn’t matter if he is your father, brother, son, boyfriend, husband, friend, or a kind stranger. Whoever he is, your encounter with harassment will enlighten him.

Yes, some men out there are jerks who contribute to the problem, but always remember that there are an even greater number of wonderful male allies that are part of the solution, as well. Unless you tell them, the men in your life will not know that someone they care about has experienced street harassment. Just give them a chance to help you fight back.

Kendra Corbin is senior at Shenandoah University. She is majoring in Mass Communications and minoring in Women’s Studies.

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“I didn’t walk past that spot again”

January 24, 2014 By Contributor

This summer my mom and I were out walking in the woods. It was warm outside and a couple of guys my age were sitting by the lake. As we passed they started catcalling, commenting on my ass. “Can you wiggle your ass a little bit more?!” was just one of the things they shouted.

I was humiliated, especially since my mom heard it all. For the rest of the summer I didn’t walk past that spot again because I was scared they would be there.

– Anonymous

Location: Sweden

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