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Two separate developments show Afghan women taking charge of their own futures, apart from the usual (and unfortunately real) representations of violence and victimization we usually see. More »
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What's worse, street harassment in your daily routine or street harassment while you're on the road for work or play? More »
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Hollaback, the "movement dedicated to ending street harassment using mobile technology," has launched in 10 new cities today, including U.S. towns like Atlanta, Portland and Houston… But also international locations, like Buenos Aires, London and Mumbai. More »
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Women in the UK are standing up to street harassment. They're also being told to get over it and learn to take a joke, of course. More »
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Watch this woman eviscerate a man who pressed up against her on an uncrowded New York subway — with his penis exposed, apparently clad in a condom. At least he's practicing safe sex, right? Safe for work, with headphones. More »
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A New York City council committee held a hearing where reps from the anti-street harassment group Hollaback! testified about the harmful effects of catcalling, whistling, and other lewd advances. Hollaback's interested in "no harassment" zones by schools. Could it work? More »
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Emily May's project, Hollaback — which targets those who sexually harass women on the street — is moving beyond a blog and into the 21st century, with an iPhone app. More »
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A 28-year-old woman in New York who spotted a man taking pictures up her skirt as she was entering a subway station decided to turn her camera on the perv and took a cell phone picture that eventually led to his arrest. On Tuesday, the NYPD arrested Aaron Olivieri on misdemeanor charges of unlawful surveillance, attempted sexual abuse and harassment. With cell phone cameras becoming more and more popular, woman targeted by street and subway harassers are encouraged (when it is safe) to snap pictures of pervs to fight back. One website, Hollaback NYC, encourages victims to post pictures and stories of harassment and the NYPD encourages people who witness crimes to send pictures to 911 when they call. (Image via Hollaback NYC.) [NYT] More »
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The arrival of spring means a few things: flowers in bloom, college graduations, senior proms, skin-baring fashions, and, of course, catcalls from random men on the streets and sidewalks of America. CNN.com has decided to celebrate the season by posing the question "catcalling — creepy or a compliment?" in a story today that has, at this point, been emailed to us some half-dozen times. Holly Kearl, a George Washington University graduate whose master's thesis focused on street harassment, conducted an anonymous email survey of some 225 women and found that 98 percent of respondents experienced some form of street harassment at least a few times, while about 30 percent reported being harassed on a regular basis. "For me, anyone who interrupts my personal space to objectify me or make me feel uncomfortable or threatened is harassing me," she said. More »
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