The reality is that street harassment has nothing to do with making the harassee feel good, and everything to do with making the harasser feel powerful. These invasive comments affirm an attitude that men are entitled to publicly evaluate womens bodies and tell them what to do (Let me look at you!), and reinforce harmful, already prevalent assumptions that womens worth is related to their ability to please men. Street harassers do not catcall for the victims benefit: A separate survey conducted by the nonprofit Hollaback! found that the overwhelming majority of women felt angry (85%), annoyed (78%), nervous (80%) and disgusted (72%) by this supposedly complimentary treatment. Frankly, its pretty dehumanizing to have someone speak to your butt rather than your face.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 05:12:01 +0000
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