Addressing Harassment on the Streets and Subways of New York City
Addressing Harassment on the Streets and Subways of New York City
By EBA HAMID
April 1, 2014
City Room asked readers in February to share their stories of street and subway harassment in New York City. We received almost 200 blog comments and emails...
...And its not any one type of guy its clean-cut looking guys, teenagers, old dudes. Everyone, all colors, a reader named Rebecca said.
I was really hoping that itd stop once I got older, but Im 36 and theyre still at it, said Mary, another commenter. Ive had people follow me, people ask me if Id have sex for money, people ask me to pay to hang out with them and then there are the weekly taunts and yelling and just bad behavior.
The stories had a common theme: a sense that street harassment is not considered a legitimate safety concern. Readers told stories of harassment in all neighborhoods and of all kinds, including frequent catcalling unprompted passing comments like Hey, beautiful or Hi, sexy but also of being followed, stalked and groped in public places.... MORE
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/addressing-harassment-on-the-streets-and-subways-of-new-york-city/?_php=true&_type=blogs&hp&_r=0