Posted on 05/28/2015 3:25:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Women the world over have to deal with “hey, baby” and worse from catcallers while walking on the sidewalk or riding the train — and most say the harassment started when they were girls.
Street harassment is so common around the globe that 84% of women say they experienced it before turning 17, a new study found.
More than half told researchers they have been fondled orgroped, according to the global online survey of more than 16,600 women, by anti-harassment group Hollaback! and Cornell University.
“This is a global problem. This really points to the fact that it is a global epidemic,” said Debjani Roy, deputy director of Hollaback!
Fei Lai, 26, says the harassing comments make her uncomfortable, but she pretends not to hear it.
“More people are able to recognize this as a problem, rather than something that just happens,” she said.
A striking 82% of transgender women across the globe reported being harassed because of their gender identity, researchers found.
Nearly three-quarters of women overall reported being followed on the street.
Street harassment is a daily tribulation for many New York City women.
“I just pretend I don’t hear it,” said Upper West Side consultant Fei Lai, 26.
“I feel like it does make me more uncomfortable,” she said, especially at night.
Queens television editor Lori McCarthy said she started wearing headphones when she goes running so that her music drowns out any unwanted comments.
“When I first moved to Astoria, I was surprised at the amount of catcalling,” she said.
Macha Griffith O’Donnell, a Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn waitress, said she keeps her head down and doesn’t stop walking if someone starts making comments about her body.
“It’s a part of life, I suppose,” said O’Donnell, who added that street harassment is different in New York than in her native Ireland.
“Men over here like to wolf whistle — they’re more confident,” she said.
More than 10% of Americans who responded said they were harassed before age 11.
“People don’t want to recognize that this starts really young,” said Roy. “The emotional impact it has as girls develop is quite significant.”
84%?
Finding that hard to believe.
There must be some really desperate guys out there.
Okay, here we go. 37% of child bearing age women are ‘cat-call worthy’. Therefore, a full 47% of the women should be grateful for the unwarranted attention. Don’t blame me. Blame statistics.
Realize this only has to be true in the respondent’s mind.
Huh?
They'd definitely be upset if they'd never been whistled at.
Hey good looking i’ll be back to pick you up later!
Tell me, do women buy those revealing dresses, skin tight leg outfits, & thongs and say to the sales people,”Gee I hope nobody sees me wearing this.” ?
How did they come up with that percentage? In the Islamic world the women are covered from head to toe. Does that mean those men have Xray vision?
Kitty Ping! =^.^=
Oh, the horrors! /s. I wasn’t exactly damaged by it.
many many many years ago, when I was 18 I was walking down the street and some girls yelled to take off my shirt. I thought it was a compliment. Now they yell to put it back on lol.
but they are right. This is more important than that young woman in Syria that was traded 22 times and was surgically remade a virgin after each time. That’s nothing compared to this. /S
first world problems
I have come to the conclusion that those free breast exams I offered in college at parties 40 yrs. ago would have probably gotten me jailed today.
OK, how many of these got sold in the Middle East?
My wife deals with catcalls all the time... at home. I’m kind of rude.
Kill the males! That will solve everything.
LOL. I remember that commercial.
There always is.
But seriously, cat-calling should be discouraged. It's rude and obnoxious.
I’ve never done it. And frankly — I don’t understand the mentality of those who do.
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