Street harassment – it’s not ok
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An excerpt from the report Street harassment – it’s not ok: Girls’ experiences and views.
By Jessica Southgate and Lucy Russell
What is street harassment?
‘Street harassment’ is generally understood as an umbrella term that describes unwanted and face-to-face sexual attention from strangers in public spaces that is targeted at girls and women by boys and men who they don’t know. Bristol Zero Tolerance, for example, describe a set of behaviours that encompasses a wide range of possible gender-based harassment, including for trans, non-binary and gender-fluid young people:
‘Unwanted comments, gestures, and actions forced on a stranger in a public place without their consent and directed at them because of their real or perceived gender (whether male, female or non-binary).’
Street harassment, therefore, can include unwanted whistling, staring, comments, shouts, sexual name-calling, persistently talking to someone, or asking for their name and phone number, even when they have said no....
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