"Yo shorty!" "Hey sexy mama smile for me!" "Wheet Whooo" We've all heard these lines before. Whether in scenes from movies or shouted at us on the streets. These are not pickup lines instead they are street harassment. Street harassment is a form of sexual harassment, which consists of unwanted comments, wolf whistling, "cat-calling", and other nonconsensual actions (Stop Street Harassment). Street harassment is illegal, yet still, happens across the globe. Society needs to stand up to street harassment. Harassment makes victims feel uncomfortable and limit's one's ability to be in public. Street harassment is also increasing and allowing violence.
Street harassment occurs all over the world. It happens to males and females, young and old, people of all color and religion, and it can happen anywhere. These stats provided by Stop Street Harassment show a lot about who gets harassed.
· 65% of women and 25% of men have experienced harassment
· 41% of women and 39% of men reported experiencing first-time harassment at the age of 13-17
· Top public harassment locations are 67% street, …show more content…
Piss a street harasser off by not saying thank you to their compliment and bigger issues might evolve. There are victims who have died because they refused a street harasser's wishes. If street harassment is acceptable we start to allow other things like groping, assault, and rape to become acceptable. Senior editor of Think Progress, Ressler refers to street harassment saying, “It’s actually part of damaging culture that disempowers women and treats them like objects at the disposal of men (Culp-Ressler).” If we allow street harassment, we allow the idea that humans in public space are public property. The allowance contributes to rape culture. Street harassment falls under a spectrum of violence. It can progress to becoming more violent; which is why we need to stand up against
Street harassment occurs all over the world. It happens to males and females, young and old, people of all color and religion, and it can happen anywhere. These stats provided by Stop Street Harassment show a lot about who gets harassed.
· 65% of women and 25% of men have experienced harassment
· 41% of women and 39% of men reported experiencing first-time harassment at the age of 13-17
· Top public harassment locations are 67% street, …show more content…
Piss a street harasser off by not saying thank you to their compliment and bigger issues might evolve. There are victims who have died because they refused a street harasser's wishes. If street harassment is acceptable we start to allow other things like groping, assault, and rape to become acceptable. Senior editor of Think Progress, Ressler refers to street harassment saying, “It’s actually part of damaging culture that disempowers women and treats them like objects at the disposal of men (Culp-Ressler).” If we allow street harassment, we allow the idea that humans in public space are public property. The allowance contributes to rape culture. Street harassment falls under a spectrum of violence. It can progress to becoming more violent; which is why we need to stand up against