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Being addressed as b**ch, hoe, slut, yo’ baby, yo’ shorty, or “hey there sexy” and being grabbed and touched by men in public is sadly an everyday reality for women around the world.Studies show that 80%-90% of all women have been a victim of this type of street harassment at some point in their lives, and for too many us it’s on a constant basis.
Street harassment is a global epicdemic that has plagued women for generations. In return, most girls are taught to simply ignore it or told to not walk outside after the sun goes down. Though these messages are somewhat helpful, it's in no way a real solution to this deep seeded issue of female oppression and it shifts the responsibility on women to “avoid” being harassed rather than holistically addressing and stopping the root of the problem at hand which is male privilege and inequality.
Over the years, many women have took a public stance against street harassement and expressed the disdain that they feel towards it through music and art. For instance, in 1993 hip hop mogul and rapper Queen Latifah dropped a song that aggressively struck back against street harassment in her song U.N.I.T.Y. The hook calls for women to stand together in solidarity in a feministic chant while Queen’s verses lyrically attack male street harassers and even goes as far as saying how she “punched him (a street harasser) dead in his eye” after he groped her and called her a b**ch.
Queen's song also addresses the issue of victim blaming by specifically stating that she was wearing cut off shorts on the day that her attacker groped her. She argues that she, like many women, don't wear certain clothing because they're seeking or deserve to be harassed, but rather its because they have the innate right to dress in what makes them feel comfortable. Like Queen states “it was crazy hot” and she was dressed to befit the weather on the day that she was harassed. It’s never okay to embarrass, make lewd catcalls or inappropriately touch a female despite of what she is wearing.
Join us on “Let Your Voice Be Heard!” this Sunday, December 4th as we talk more about ending street harassment and talk to Emily May, the executive director of Hollaback!, an organization purposed at ending street harassment.
Make sure you call us up at 516.876.4964 to let YOUR voice be heard on this topic.
And now for your enjoyment, here’s a refreshing dose of women empowerment music videos that call for an end to street harassment by Queen Latifah and Janet Jackson.
*More about HollaBack!*
Hollaback! is a movement dedicated to ending street harassment using mobile technology. Street harassment is one of the most pervasive forms of gender-based violence and one of the least legislated against. Comments from “You’d look good on me” to groping, flashing and assault are a daily, global reality for women and LGBTQ individuals. But it is rarely reported, and it’s culturally accepted as ‘the price you pay’ for being a woman or for being gay. At Hollaback!, we don’t buy it.
We believe that everyone has a right to feel safe and confident without being objectified. Sexual harassment is a gateway crime that creates a cultural environment that makes gender-based violence OK. There exists a clear legal framework to reproach sexual harassment and abuse in the home and at work, but when it comes to the streets—all bets are off. This gap isn’t because street harassment hurts any less, it’s because there hasn’t been a solution. Until now. The explosion of mobile technology has given us an unprecedented opportunity to end street harassment—and with it, the opportunity to take on one of the final new frontiers for women’s rights around the world.
By collecting women and LGBTQ folks’ stories and pictures in a safe and share-able way with our very own mobile phone applications, Hollaback! is creating a crowd-sourced initiative to end street harassment. Hollaback! breaks the silence that has perpetuated sexual violence internationally, asserts that any and all gender-based violence is unacceptable, and creates a world where we have an option—and, more importantly—a response.
