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| − | '''Street harassment''' is the widespread claim among feminists that women are routinely harassed in public by men. |
+ | '''Street harassment''' is the widespread claim among feminists that women are routinely harassed in public by men.<ref>http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/sites/default/files/ssn_key_findings_chesney-lind_on_public_transport_and_violence_against_women.pdf</ref> The founder of the site ''stopstreetharassment.org'' undertook two anonymous online surveys and found results that claim street harassment is very common, with 38% of women participating in these surveys claiming to have been harassed by way of ''honking and whistling'' within the last month.<ref>http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/resources/statistics/sshstudies/</ref> |
Surveys like this are deeply flawed: |
Surveys like this are deeply flawed: |
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Revision as of 02:19, 25 April 2014
Street harassment is the widespread claim among feminists that women are routinely harassed in public by men.[1] The founder of the site stopstreetharassment.org undertook two anonymous online surveys and found results that claim street harassment is very common, with 38% of women participating in these surveys claiming to have been harassed by way of honking and whistling within the last month.[2]
Surveys like this are deeply flawed:
- They rely on subjective self-reporting
- They involve a selection bias in that people who see relevance in online survey are far more likely to take part in the survey
- They can involve leading questions intended to elicit a particular answer
- Having been undertaken by someone who has a known bias the research is immediately suspect
While claims of this behavour are common, proof is lacking. The site stopstreetharassment lists only surveys, questionnaires and polls as evidence.[3]
References
<references>
- ↑ http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/sites/default/files/ssn_key_findings_chesney-lind_on_public_transport_and_violence_against_women.pdf
- ↑ http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/resources/statistics/sshstudies/
- ↑ http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/resources/statistics/statistics-academic-studies/