Results: Street harassment

According to stopstreetharassment.com, street harassment is any action or comment between strangers in public places that is disrespectful, unwelcome, threatening and/or harassing and is motivated by gender or sexual orientation. In countries like India and Bangladesh, it's termed "eve teasing," and in countries like Egypt, it's called "public sexual harassment." Street harassment is a human rights issue because it limits women's ability to be in public as often or as comfortably as most men. Have you ever seen or experienced street harassment?

Have you ever felt fearful of going to a public place because of the possibility of being harassed, made fun of, or otherwise ridiculed?

Street harassment is real. In a 2008 study of 811 women conducted by Stop Street Harassment, almost 1 in 4 women had experienced street harassment by age 12 (7th grade) and nearly 90% by age 19. While street harassment is most frequent for teenagers and women in their 20s, the chance of it happening never goes away and women in their 80s have shared stories. Have you either experienced or witnessed street harassment taking place toward an older person?

Are you motivated to do your part in reducing street harassment in your corner of the world?