The streets of Philadelphia are a little less gross today: The man known as the "Swiss Cheese Pervert" has pled guilty to indecent exposure and been sentenced to probation. » 6/20/14 10:00am 6/20/14 10:00am

Earlier this week, the nonprofit group Stop Street Harassment released the results of a survey about the sort of abuse hurled at people who dare leave the house and go out in public in their human bodies. And, to the surprise of no woman, it showed that most women get catcalled or otherwise bothered by strangers… » 6/06/14 6:20pm 6/06/14 6:20pm

Today's heart(and pants)warming story of sweet payback for someone who really had it coming is brought to you by The Muppet Movie, the internet, and one petite but brave Boston lady who likes to practice making scary monster voices in her spare time. » 6/04/14 4:45pm 6/04/14 4:45pm

Like a lot of women, one of the formative experiences of my teenage years was my first experience of being catcalled. » 4/10/14 10:21pm 4/10/14 10:21pm

Sometimes being told to smile from some stranger on your block makes you want to go postal. Enter Tatyana Fazlalizadeh and her one-woman crusade against street harassment called "Stop Telling Women To Smile," which has gone from New York to Atlanta and beyond. » 4/10/14 4:45pm 4/10/14 4:45pm

For their latest commercial, Snickers had Australian construction workers catcall female passersby with empowering statements, rather than the boilerplate street harassment ones. The conceit is when these dudes are "not themselves," i.e. hungry for a Snickers, they're...better people? » 3/26/14 6:00pm 3/26/14 6:00pm

It's sunny here, and this afternoon found me out by the river, choosing a patch of grass near a tree and sitting down to read. As I did so, I took note of the two men hanging out nearby—safe, ordinary guys, I thought. Just two friends enjoying the sunshine like everyone else. Even so, I took the scarf from my… » 3/18/14 10:15pm 3/18/14 10:15pm

A man in Philadelphia (because of course a man in Philadelphia) has apparently taken serial street harassment (and the phrase "dick cheese") to a whole new level grossness by applying slices of Swiss cheese to his exposed penis and asking women to perform various sex acts. On his cheese-adorned penis. » 1/11/14 1:30pm 1/11/14 1:30pm

I've been moderating on Jez and Jez-affiliated sites for several years now, which means I've spent a lot of time reading a lot of responses on the site. There's always some that stick with you. There are some worth screencapping in their complete inanity. But there's a particular flavor of comment that I think about… » 1/05/14 9:59pm 1/05/14 9:59pm

This ad, released exactly one year after the nightmarish gang rape on a bus in New Delhi forced Indian authorities to acknowledge the country's flimsy sexual assault laws and burgeoning rape culture, quite literally forces men to look at how gross and predatory they look when they leer at women in public. The lyrics… » 12/22/13 3:30pm 12/22/13 3:30pm

Güd, a sub-brand of Burt's Bee's, has released a new sexy lotion. How do we know it's sexy? Because there's a little autumn leaflet on the label that reads, "A sexy moisturizer that leaves you feeling sexy and moisturized." Oh, cool. Thanks for the clarification! While being sexily moisturized is great and all,… » 11/15/13 6:15pm 11/15/13 6:15pm

When photographer Hannah Price first moved to Philadelphia, she began being catcalled. In a genius move, she decided to turn the camera on her harassers. The resulting photos are captivating. » 10/17/13 10:00pm 10/17/13 10:00pm

Obviously you should never meet violence with violence, but this hyperbolic video explores the inner turmoil that many of us feel when confronted with demeaning, disconcerting, and sometimes dangerous street harassment. » 8/29/13 10:50am 8/29/13 10:50am

Hollaback!, the popular app that allows people to map and share their street harassment stories online, is partnering with Speaker Christine Quinn for a fancy schmancy new targeted system to report sexual harassment to New York City Council Members in real time. Here's the problem: Quinn supports the NYPD's (now… » 8/20/13 2:30pm 8/20/13 2:30pm

Here is a video of a man on the subway performing a medley of songs in which he asks for kisses from women on the train. Super cute right? No. » 8/08/13 6:00pm 8/08/13 6:00pm

An image of a woman in "hairy leg stockings" has gone viral on Sina Weibo (a popular microblogging platform in China, roughly equivalent to Twitter) with the caption "Super sexy, summertime anti-pervert full-leg-of-hair stockings, essential for all young girls going out [emoticon of clapping dinosaur with hearts… » 6/18/13 4:40pm 6/18/13 4:40pm

Don't you love walking down the street, minding your own business, when some dude starts following you and whispers "Hey, sexy" or "Damn girl, you fine" or "Beautiful, mmm, you're beautiful" into your ear and won't leave you alone? » 5/30/13 4:12pm 5/30/13 4:12pm