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“I am 14 years old, this past week I have been harassed FOUR times”

Published on July 26,2012 at 5:04 pm in Uncategorized, no comments 

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I am 14 years old, this past week I have been harassed FOUR times. I live in a safe area, but there are a lot of building crews. And lots of horrible men who will make comments. The first time I just walked by a building site, men wolf whistled and shouted ‘OOOOH BOOBIES”‘ this shook me a bit but my parents and I went to report it. The next week I got several forty year old men making nasty comments ‘oh you must taste so good, I want to f*ck you so on and so forth. Yesterday I was harassed by a man walking on the other side of the road saying ‘PSST ASS GIRL LET ME:…” I burst into tears he stood laughing and mocked me. I got away. Today, I had a pervert brush past me and grab my boob.

I hate this, why should women/girls be afraid to walk outside and fear being raped/harrassed? i got a rape alarm which is really effective. I also reported all these guys to the police. The best thing, don’t look at them, don’t give them the attention they want. Go to self defence classes and get an alarm. When you are a young teen its best not to get into a verbal fight with them. I’ve had my twelve year old sister harassed just as much. This has to stop, don’t be afraid to speak up, this has to end.

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Some Hollaback facts:

- Street Harassment has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with power. Whether it's "Hey baby girl" or “You’d look good on me,” groping, public masturbation, or worse, these “compliments” aren’t about flirting or about chivalry either.

- If it makes you feel uncomfortable, it's not okay.

- If you feel intimidated, you DON'T need to 'take it as a compliment.'

- Street harassment is a gateway crime that makes other forms of gender-based violence OK.

- Studies conducted show that between 80-90% of women have been harassed in public.

- Street harassment may be the social and cultural norm, but it is far from OK. Street harassment teaches us to be silent, that taking action will only escalate the situation. While this isn’t bad advice, it has led us down a dangerous road. Ultimately, perpetrators realise they won’t be held accountable and continue to harass.

- Hollaback! was designed by a group of young people who were tired of being silenced and sought a simple, non-violent response. What has emerged is a platform where thousands of stories of street harassment have been told.

- We believe that by continuing to tell and map these stories, our voices will chip away at a culture that makes gender-based violence OK. Together we have the power to end street harassment, one Hollaback at a time.

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