I am tired. Tired of having to defend my right as a woman to walk the streets and feel safe. I’m tired of reading and hearing “What was she wearing/doing?” when a woman is assaulted or killed. I’m tired of hearing “well she look for it” and “what you did expect?” I am tired of … Continue reading
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Hollaback! tries to end Street Harassment (August 16, 2015)
Founder of Hollaback! Trinidad, Cherry Boodhan, 28, said street harassment is a form of sexual harassment that takes place in public spaces, typically against women and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) persons. She believes “it’s gender-based violence that should be stopped as it makes the target feel intimidated and scared to walk the streets.” Street … Continue reading
Guys, Can We Please, For Two Weeks …
I blew my stack on Facebook this morning, after reading one of the many threads where women are trying to have a conversation around the Isla Vista shooting and the #YesAllWomen hashtag campaign. I blew my stack because there are two things derailing these conversations. One is misogynist men trying deliberately to derail, deny and…
Guest Blogger Starling: Schrödinger’s Rapist: or a guy’s guide to approaching strange women without being maced
“When you approach me in public, you are Schrödinger’s Rapist. You may or may not be a man who would commit rape. I won’t know for sure unless you start sexually assaulting me. I can’t see inside your head, and I don’t know your intentions. If you expect me to trust you—to accept you at … Continue reading
Prey/Pray- or- another one for the ‘almost rape’ aka ‘life as a woman’ files..
Originally posted on Feminist Conversations on Caribbean Life:
Guest post by Sherlina Nageer of Red Thread, Guyana This is how it happensThis is how it happens8:30pmA woman is walking home aloneNevermind what she’s wearingThere is no one else on the roadSome streetlights, but not the whole wayA car rolls up slowly behind herYoung man at…
A Testimonial about Street Harassment
Originally posted on happyparadox:
It happens all the time. You don’t have to be a beautiful, voluptuous woman to have a douchebag gawk at you from across the street or be followed and constantly worry about strange men clicking pictures. Being a woman will do. Walking alone is a mini adventure of its own. Yesterday was a…
Leaving the house
Leaving the house can be a depressing experience for most women. Women have to think about what they wear, what they carry out of the house and how they’ll interact with people they’ll meet so that they won’t be in physical danger. The reactions of women can vary depending on the culture that they come … Continue reading
I am a woman
I am a woman. I need to be able to walk on the street without having to endure catcalls from the fellas on the corner or random men walking down the street. I need to be able to not have to worry that if I don’t smile, nod, or reply to them, they might start … Continue reading
The Sociological Cinema
“Many men who harass women say their intent is to compliment them, but why do they usually not “compliment” women who are accompanied by other men and often only do it when a woman is alone? Why do they tend to object to other men “complimenting” their female significant other (if applicable), female friends, or … Continue reading
Four in 10 young women sexually harassed in public spaces, survey finds | Life and style | guardian.co.uk
“Sexual harassment is so ingrained that we barely notice it, but when you start talking to women almost every one has a horrible story to tell: it’s time for society to stand up and put a stop to it.” via Four in 10 young women sexually harassed in public spaces, survey finds | Life and … Continue reading
