Street Harassment on Public Transport: India, Brazil, Japan, and even Mexico Top the U.S.

Read “Mexico City Introduces Women-Only Buses to Deter Groping.” I don’t know what it’s like in your country, but here in the U.S. it seems that taking real steps against street harassment is faintly gauche. There’s a subtle attitude that “hey, the occasional jerk is unfortunate, but nice women toughen up and put up [...]

Define Street Harassment

Definition of Street Harassment
Street harassment: The experience of women from all walks of life of being heckled, whistled at, rated, propositioned, leered at, fondled and in other ways assaulted and humiliated by men as they go about their daily lives in public spaces.
Surprisingly, there are several terrific resources just for street harassment. We didn’t have [...]