Difference between revisions of "Street harassment"
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There is no doubt that both men and women are occasionally harassed in public by strangers and that some of this constitutes sexual harassment. Proof that this is endemic however, as many feminists now claim, is lacking. The site ''stopstreetharassment'' lists only surveys, questionnaires and polls as evidence.<ref>http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/resources/statistics/statistics-academic-studies/</ref> |
There is no doubt that both men and women are occasionally harassed in public by strangers and that some of this constitutes sexual harassment. Proof that this is endemic however, as many feminists now claim, is lacking. The site ''stopstreetharassment'' lists only surveys, questionnaires and polls as evidence.<ref>http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/resources/statistics/statistics-academic-studies/</ref> |
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| + | A message to women who feel they are experiencing regular street harassment: |
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| + | I suggest you start regularly recording and upload this. Software exists that will easily obscure faces if privacy is a concern. |
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| + | To believe something I need evidence. When I look at Youtube I find more videos of women imitating 'men's harassment' than I do of the alleged men's harassment itself. Even the infamous '10 hours in New York' is 2 minutes long and not universally agreed to be full of harassment. |
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| + | If this is a problem show us. Provide the proof. The onus of proof always remains with the person making the assertion. Cameras that can be fitted to clothing (often used by security guards and police) are readily available. |
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Revision as of 13:33, 16 August 2015
Street harassment, also known as everyday sexism 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
There is no doubt that both men and women are occasionally harassed in public by strangers and that some of this constitutes sexual harassment. Proof that this is endemic however, as many feminists now claim, is lacking. The site stopstreetharassment lists only surveys, questionnaires and polls as evidence.[3]
A message to women who feel they are experiencing regular street harassment:
I suggest you start regularly recording and upload this. Software exists that will easily obscure faces if privacy is a concern.
To believe something I need evidence. When I look at Youtube I find more videos of women imitating 'men's harassment' than I do of the alleged men's harassment itself. Even the infamous '10 hours in New York' is 2 minutes long and not universally agreed to be full of harassment.
If this is a problem show us. Provide the proof. The onus of proof always remains with the person making the assertion. Cameras that can be fitted to clothing (often used by security guards and police) are readily available.
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