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In the spring of 1968, 21-year-old Francine Gottfried began working as an IBM machine operator at a data processing…
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The Law Commission, an independent body that recommends legal changes in England and Wales, is recommending that…
On Wednesday, French lawmakers voted to outlaw street harassment, the enactment of which will soon be subject to…
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Women across France shared their stories of sexual harassment and abuse over the weekend as a social media hashtag…
“I don’t know if I’m more afraid of walking on an empty street and seeing no one, or if I’m afraid of encountering…
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Early Friday morning in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, 29-year-old Janese Jackson-Talton was at Cliff’s…
Does my engagement ring conjure a force field when I wield it against prying men? It feels as though it should. It…
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Street harassment awareness seems to be at an all-time high, yet there are men among us who haven't gotten the memo.…
Being harassed on the street by strange men is something most women are used to dealing with on a near constant…
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A woman pretended to be drunk on Hollywood Boulevard — aka one of the sketchiest places in the world — to see if the…
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Last week, the anti-street harassment organization Hollaback released a video featuring a white woman marching…
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Yesterday CNN's Fredricka Whitfield held a discussion about Hollaback's catcalling video, which has sparked a huge…
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Rush Limbaugh spends many hours each day in a confined space, talking and talking and talking into a microphone,…
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Music beds: They're an art, not a science. On Thursday morning, CNN's New Day promoed their interview with Shoshanna…
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What's it like to be a white man walking silently through New York City for 10 hours? Pretty lucrative. Strangers…
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Well, it's fucking depressing to say it was bound to happen but considering the state of the world, it really was:…
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