Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.

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Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

HarassMap in Egypt

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Name and Shame in Pakistan

Safe Streets in Yemen

Many of the Hollaback sites

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* International Herald Tribune, “A History of Mob Violence“

* The Guardian, “Sexual harassment on public transport must stop“

* Gradient Lair, “Me. Black Men. Street Harassment. White Audience.”

* Mercury News, “Opinion: Egypt’s new president faces a test on violence against women“

* Sapphire Unbound: A Black Womanist Scholar Speaks her Mind, “Sexuality and Hair: The Day I became unwomanly and a butch“

* Trust.org, “Health and Science – The unromantic truth about ‘Eve-teasing’”

* Pygmy Loris, “Intimidation should not be a normal part of a woman’s daily routine“

* The Hindu, “Police to take steps to curb eve-teasing“

* The Nation, “Eve teasing in public parks on the rise“

* The Daily Star, “Egypt women speak up against sexual violence“

* Gradient Lair, “6 Common Derailment Tactics Used In Conversations About Street Harassment and Sexual Assault“

* Pro-Feminist Bro, “Street Harassment“

* XO Jane, “It happened to all of us: why casual sexual assault needs to stop being ‘just one of those things‘”

* Grazia Daily, “From Cat-Calling to Groping, Street Harassment is Everywhere…And It Happened to Me“

* Capitol Hill Style, “Discuss: The Catcall Conundrum“

* Al Jazeera, “Sexual violence rises in Egypt’s Tahrir“

* Al-Ahram, “Speaking up and speaking out“

* Egypt Independent, “Egypt women speak up against sexual violence“

* Ahram Online, “Breaking the silence: Mob sexual assault on Egypt’s Tahrir“

* Global Voices, “Egypt: Protest Sends Message Against Sexual Harassment“

* Heather is Desperate for Something, “Street Harassment”“

* Daily News Egypt, “Protest against sexual harassment encourages public dialogue“

* Bikya Masr, “Cover up, he can’t help himself“

Announcements:

New:

* Write about your first street harassment experience as part of Blank Noise (India)’s Recall event.

Reminders:

* If you’re in London and are willing to share your street harassment experiences, contact a student doing research there! INFO.

* @RapeCrisisSth New research project on #streetharassment for the women off South London. Interested? Contact @rosie_ts or visit http://bit.ly/LabScF

* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.

* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment

* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!

* Help fund a new film about street harassment

* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.

* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA

* The Adventures of Salwa campaign has a hotline for sexual harassment cases in Lebanon: 76-676862.

* In Bangalore, India, there is a helpline for street harassment 080 – 22943225 / 22864023

* Report #streetharassment in Pakistan at @NameAndShamePk, email nameandshame@ryse.pk, SMS 0314-800-35-68 or online at http://www.nameandshame.pk

20 Tweets from the Week:

1. @PsteinND Ladies, if you get in a taxi in #Cairo & the driver has a broken middle finger, get out. Was just groped in #Zamalek, he deserved it. #EndSH

2. @YLigtelijn . @monaeltahawy The only way men stop SH is when public and political leaders openly and firmly denounce it and punish aggressors. #EndSH

3. @sotsoy brilliant! “@IbnLarry: The Egyptian government should establish the same program #endSH http://yfrog.com/ocrn6ngj”

4. @ClareBonnet when will people GET that ‪#streetharassment‬ is a violation and it is not acceptable? will it be in my generation? or will my future kids

5. @SuzeMarsupial I think pub harassment is probably as endemic as ‪#streetharassment‬ . Just cause we’re making merry, doesn’t mean we deserve it.

6. @MaduduzoR Policemen harassing women on the street!! ‪#streetharassment

7. @HollaBackBmore Wanna tell the MTA about ‪#StreetHarassment‬ on the bus? ‪#RateYourRide‬ call or text: 410-205-4559. http://ow.ly/c2M8f

8. @ghazalairshad Pls RT & help @noornoor1 find the Egyptian sexual harasser who drives a navy VW Jetta w/plate # ط ق ل ٧٨٤ https://www.facebook.com/noor.ayman/pos … ‪#endSH‬

9. @sallyzohney To avoid harassment and wear her sleeveless shirts my friend pretends 2 b a foreigner and it works! Men let her be. Insane ‪#endSH

10. @NihalSaad male: I am a human being, not an animal female: I am a human being, not a bra. ‪#ENDSH‬ pic.twitter.com/CXi1JYZb

11. @michabalon Don’t tell me its my clothes and don’t tell me its hard for ‘them’ to get married and don’t tell me it doesn’t happen. It happens. ‪#endSH

12. @suzeeinthecity Anyone blaming ‪#egypt‬ sexual harassment on religious conservatism should take walk on Tripoli streets &experience the theory refuted ‪#endSH

13. @cliffcheney ‘Safe Tahrir for Women’ Protest begins chanting. ‪#endSH‬ ‪#Egypt‬ ‪#Tahrir‬ ‪#cairo‬ http://twitvid.com/KIC0B

14. @michabalon Standing with a gun filled with pepper spray in ‪#Tahrir‬ against sexual harassment. ‪#endSH‬ pic.twitter.com/1Lly5TrJ

15. @marxroadrunner Oh joy men trying to out macho each other and deciding to use street harassment as a way to do so.

16. @HermasFawzy For years, Egyptian ‪#women‬ have put up with ‪#sexual‬ harassment, simply for walking down the street. no more silence !!

17. @aliciapees so this just happened on fb. my reply didn’t post. probably lucky it didn’t tbf… ‪#streetharassment‬ ‪#MISOGYNY‬ pic.twitter.com/RcZY4o1i

18. @Nicole_Pandolfo Also, why does it seem like sexual harassment on the street is accepted by society as a fact rather than being seen as totally outlandish?

19. @ShareefaEnergy Love this street harassment placard held by a woman in Libya, this applies internationally http://yfrog.com/odhmhgbj

20. @Mkpinbrooklyn It starts early, and it is not a compliment ‪#streetharassment

Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.

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Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

HarassMap in Egypt

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Name and Shame in Pakistan

Safe Streets in Yemen

Many of the Hollaback sites

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* Clutch Magazine, “Hey There Pretty Lady: How Street Harassment Affected My Body Image and How I Overcame It” and syndicated on The Grio

* MSNBC, “Shanghai subway to scantily clad women: No wonder you’ll be sexually harassed!“; Global Post, “Shanghai Metro’s warning to women: ‘Sexy clothing may provoke sexual harassment’;” CNN, “Fury over Shanghai metro’s warning on women’s dress;” Women’s Views on News, “Women say no to Shanghai Metro’s suggested dress policy“

* Bikya Masr, “Defining sexual violence in Egypt“

* BeAmman, “The social contract I never signed“

* FBomb, “On Street Harassment“

* The Daily Beast, “Egypt’s Sexual Harassment Epidemic“

* Daily Bhaskar, “Security fear not heat forcing Bhopal girls to don face veils“

* Albawaba, “Dis-honor crimes: Jordan youth protest against harassment“

* RH Reality Check, “Street Harassment: A Means of Control That We Need to Get Under Control” and syndicated on Alternet.org

* Sociological Images, “Working-Class Masculinity and Street Harassment“

Announcements:

New:

* If you’re in London and are willing to share your street harassment experiences, contact a student doing research there! INFO.

* Sri Lanka Unites in Colombo launched a project called S.H.O.W You Care (S.H.O.W. = Stop Harassment of Women) this week.

Reminders:

* @RapeCrisisSth New research project on #streetharassment for the women off South London. Interested? Contact @rosie_ts or visit http://bit.ly/LabScF

* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.

* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment

* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!

* Help fund a new film about street harassment

* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.

* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA

* The Adventures of Salwa campaign has a hotline for sexual harassment cases in Lebanon: 76-676862.

* In Bangalore, India, there is a helpline for street harassment 080 – 22943225 / 22864023

* Report #streetharassment in Pakistan at @NameAndShamePk, email nameandshame@ryse.pk, SMS 0314-800-35-68 or online at http://www.nameandshame.pk

20 Tweets from the Week:

1. @WrittenbyBene I don’t know why some men think women feel good about constantly win harassed when just trying to get from point A to B. #streetharassment

2. @SafeSpacesDC Want to help end #streetharassment?Donate to help launch our RightRides #DC program this summer http://bit.ly/MBzIgy #endSH

3. @hiphopis4lovers No, sir, you cannot offer me a seat on your lap. #streetharassment

4. @Karnythia And if we want to talk about #streetharassment man look, I don’t believe all of the “No one I know acts that way” bullshit.

5. @DJTheTornado Fuck street harassment and all the men who perpetrate it…

6. @burnyourbones This morning a man leaned out of a truck and made a noise at me like a spitting cobra or maybe a cross Klingon. #streetharassment #wtf #why

7. @NermineOnsy #before_I_die I wanna sleep in a tent in the street without any harm or harassment !

8. @EverydaySexism @AllegraHolbrook Social normalisation of street harassment makes it very difficult for women to complain/object as seen to be ‘overreacting’

9. @thetrudz I miss about Cali: my sis @ReneeMHamilton, Stanford’s campus, MLK library, Loves Cupcakes, LightRail, 1000% less street harassment than FL.

10. @goldenflowermix Guy first creepily comments on my shirt’s sport logo, then says ‘yum yum yum yum yum’ while stating at my chest. Gross. #streetharassment

11. @goldenflowermix Never felt that unsafe walking home afterwards. Kept looking over my shoulder for the next 10 mins. #streetharassment

12. @rw_ny I was looking at these 3 guys looking at this woman walking by and I thought of a way to stop street harassment of women. It won’t be easy.

13. @annihilate__ It’s times like this I think of the public/street harassment campaigns they have elsewhere. CATCH ON IN AUSTRALIA, KTHX.

14. @khrthorogood will shout out for the right to jog, walk, and stroll the pavements of her hometown without experiencing street harassment #hollaback

15. @TheComicsGrrl Street Harassment, Illustrated http://shar.es/siM0c via @hollabackboston #streetharassment #webcomics

16. @TajaLindley Getting so tired of street harassment! Ugh, can I carry my groceries in peace?!

17. @dys_morphia I realized part of why this last visit to NYC was so pleasant was that I didn’t get any street harassment. My boyfriend was always w/ me.

18. @stuckinspincycl Street harassment is not a compliment South Beach diet bars. #notbuyingit

19. @AWOT_UK RT @jimsyjampots: First bit of street harassment since moving to London. Guy whistling and shouting things at me from a car across the road.

20. @RightMind215 #RatherGully RT @sassycrass: I think I’m gonna respond to street harassment this summer by just yelling “SHABBA!” at the offenders.

Read stories, news articles, blog posts, and tweets about street harassment from the past few weeks.

** Sign up to receive a monthly e-newsletter from Stop Street Harassment ***

Street Harassment Stories:

Share your story! You can read street harassment stories on the Web at:

Stop Street Harassment Blog

HarassMap in Egypt

Bijoya in Bangladesh

Resist Harassment in Lebanon

Ramallah Street Watch in Palestine

Name and Shame in Pakistan

Safe Streets in Yemen

Many of the Hollaback sites

Street Harassment In the News, on the Blogs:

* Associated Press, “Wolf whistle billboard at NJ mall draws protest;” ABC News, “Sign Apologizes For Catcalling Construction Workers;” NY Daily News, “Construction sign begs forgiveness for catcalls, ‘but man you look good!’”; Sundance Channel Blog, “Pro-sexual harassment sign? Oh, hell no!”; Jezebel, “Construction Sign Explains Workers’ Whistling and Cat-Calling: It’s ‘Cause You Look Gooooood“; DC 101, Elliot in the Morning, “Sign Apologizes For Catcalling Construction Workers;” XO Jane, “Creepiest Construction Sign Ever Half-Heartedly Apologizes For Pervy Workers;” NJ.com, “Petition objecting to ‘whistling’ Princeton MarketFair billboard leads to its removal“

* Clutch Magazine, “Girls for Gender Equity Helps Girls Take Aim at Sexual Harassment“

* Democratice Underground, “Men Will Never Truly Understand A Day In The Life of Women. But Shouldn’t We Try?“

* Kitty Von Trubble, “Politics of poof: some reflections on dressing abroad“

* Levi Grayshon, “Is Your Behaviour Really Necessary, Mister?“

* In Our Words Salon for Queers & Co, “Reforming Catcalls: How to Be Affirming When Yelling at Someone in Public“

* The Life and Times of an Indian Homemaker, “Sometimes it seems like every single thing I do has the potential to be something ‘provocative’“

* WPix.com, “Subway Creep Snapping Photos Of Women’s Bare Legs“

* Jezebel, “Don’t You Dare Ask Me Why I Look Mad“

* Huffington Post, “Priscilla Dang, Martial Arts Expert, Lays Down The Law After Teenager Gropes Her On A Jog (VIDEO)“

* The Sunday Guardian, “The last cat call: ‘Action heroes’ fight eve-teasing“

* Tea Leaf Nation, “Shanghai Subway Tells Scantily Clad Women To Expect Sexual Harassment“

* The Jerusalem Post, “Terra Incognita: You can’t sell Israeli liberalism”

* The Times of India, “Eve-teasers stab five of a family“

* The Nation, “Fighting sexual harassment in buses“

Announcements:

New:

* Thank you everyone who signed my petition to get a pro-street harassment sign taken down in a mall in New Jersey! Online activism works sometimes 🙂

* @RapeCrisisSth New research project on #streetharassment for the women off South London. Interested? Contact @rosie_ts or visit http://bit.ly/LabScF

Reminders:

* After the attacks on women at Tahrir Square in Egypt this week, follow the hashtag #EndSH on twitter to find out what the next steps are to challenge the behavior and make the space safe for women.

* If you’re in Winnipeg, Canada, take this survey on street harassment.

* Activists in South Africa launched a new website about street harassment

* The anti-sexual harassment public service announcement signs are now up in several Washington, DC metro stations!

* Help fund a new film about street harassment

* The Stop Street Harassment book is available in paperback for $15.

* Submit art about street harassment for the VoiceTool Product exhibit in San Francisco, CA

* The Adventures of Salwa campaign has a hotline for sexual harassment cases in Lebanon: 76-676862.

* In Bangalore, India, there is a helpline for street harassment 080 – 22943225 / 22864023

* Report #streetharassment in Pakistan at @NameAndShamePk, email nameandshame@ryse.pk, SMS 0314-800-35-68 or online at http://www.nameandshame.pk

20 Tweets from the Week:

1. @leloveluck Troubling but unsurprising tweets from @ghazalairshad on official indifference to her attempt at reporting street harassment case. #EndSH

2. @Sarahkasm #EndSH #StreetHarassment Brave young woman confronts harasser, has him at the police station within an hour. #Egypt https://www.facebook.com/deena.emad/posts/10151028644421131

3. @pink_smurfette I think #streetharassment might be my new topic of concentrated feminist rage.

4. @dopealicious I see the topic of the day is street harassment. Can we talk about how it’s even worse when your child is with you? #StreetHarassment

5. @NyashaJunior @FeministaJones If I had a dollar for every time… #streetharassment

6. @HollabackBXL #WhoSaidItWasOk to catcall if she’s got a short skirt? It’s NEVER ok! #hollabackbrussels #hollaback #streetharassment #brussels #bruxelles

7. @RaiWalk Reading about #StreetHarassment makes my faith in humanity lower…

8. @RhythmKeene the worst part is, women are forced to maintain a certain level of notgoingcompletelyoff just to maintain our own safety. #streetharassment

9. @welshfeminist I’m a ‘dyke whore’ who’d better keep her ‘fucking mouth shut’ #streetharassment nothing worse than a vocal woman, eh? #feminism

10. @FeministaJones: Don’t try to holla at a woman that is out with her child(ren). <- it’s VILE, it’s RUDE. DISRESPECTFUL!

11. @dopegirlfresh Keep your hands to yourself. Always. #streetharassment

12. @Whatevertron It’s amazing how hot weather makes me mistrust- and later, hate -every man who crosses my path in public. #streetharassment

13. @miss_tmo The worst #streetharassment is the kind disguised as a compliment.

14. @RaquelEvita @Roy_Cam I’ve spoken 2transwomen who’ve been upset w/being on receiving end of #streetharassment-they didn’t realize it’s part of the deal.

15. @ForRevolution @simplyjewell I want to be able to wear whatever I want without being referred to as anybody’s bitch #streetharassment

16. @Hated_Logic honey, I’m in Vegas & the #streetharassment by black men has reached its fuckin limit

17. @beckypants Just wolfwhistled wearing head to toe waterproofs in pissing rain. Tell me again that #streetharassment is about what we’re wearing?

18. @HollaBackBmore “Are race & color stereotypes influencing how I am harassed too?!” #TheGoddessFestival asks wtf is up w #streetharassment…

19. @ForRevolution @simplyjewell I want to be able to wear whatever I want without being referred to as anybody’s bitch #streetharassment

20. @mustardphoto Grope count for the day in #tahrir: 3. I should consider myself lucky. #cairo #endsh #nosh #morsi