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College Girl’s story : “I enjoy making *them* feel really embarrassed and ashamed for daring to treat me like an object.”

Published on October 8,2012 at 6:47 pm in Uncategorized, no comments 

This happened more than four years ago whilst I was in college, and whilst I know now I would have behaved in a different way had the same situation occurred, I still remember how scared it made me feel at the time.

I was walking in the city center during the afternoon doing some shopping and a middle aged man I notice began to follow me. He was subtle at first but then it became really apparent as I tried to lose him several times but he kept following me into every shop. I was really scared and even though there were lots of people around me I felt too embarrassed/ashamed to say anything to anyone. I walked to the bus stop wanting to quickly get home and he still was following me and began to harass and intimidate me. At that point I told him to leave me alone and just was so thankful the bus came and he didn’t get on. I have no idea what I would have done if he did. It made me feel really scared to even walk in the city center by myself during the day.

Unfortunately like many women over the years I have had to put up with street harassment on a weekly basis and the frequency of this has meant I’ve learnt with how to deal with it a lot better than when I was in college. Now when ever I get harassed or made to feel uncomfortable I enjoy making *them* feel really embarrassed and ashamed for daring to think they can get away with treating me like an object.

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Some Hollaback Facts:

- Street Harassment has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with power. Whether it's "Hey baby girl" or “You’d look good on me,” groping, public masturbation, or worse, these “compliments” aren’t about flirting or about chivalry either.

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- If it makes you feel uncomfortable, it's not okay.

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- If you feel intimidated, you DON'T need to 'take it as a compliment.'

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- Street harassment is a gateway crime that makes other forms of gender-based violence OK.

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- Studies conducted show that between 80-90% of women have been harassed in public.

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- Street harassment may be the social and cultural norm, but it is far from OK. Street harassment teaches us to be silent, that taking action will only escalate the situation. While this isn’t bad advice, it has led us down a dangerous road. Ultimately, perpetrators realise they won’t be held accountable and continue to harass.

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- Hollaback! was designed by a group of young people who were tired of being silenced and sought a simple, non-violent response. What has emerged is a platform where thousands of stories of street harassment have been told.

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- We believe that by continuing to tell and map these stories, our voices will chip away at a culture that makes gender-based violence OK. Together we have the power to end street harassment, one Hollaback at a time.

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