Street Harassment. What do you ladies think about the clip?

I found this rather interesting and I am curious to know your thoughts on this

http://www.upworthy.com/a-woman-wor...es-in-a-day-she-gets-harassed-argh?g=3&c=upw1

 

The dumbest and most retarded video uploaded to YouTube by far this year. Fuck them and their lame ass crusade which takes away from women who experience real harrassament. Complimenting and saying hello is not harassment, nor is looking. If your that uncomfortable in public, keep your ass in the house.

 

A lot of truth here

 

You know? I'm willing to bet that the [men] were to walk down a majority LGBT section of a city and get called all kinds of "sweets" by a bunch of [gay] men, there's a good chance that they would feel harassed, violated, and pretty much responding the same way as the women on here.

Lack of empathy, I tell you.

 

Speak for yourself; I used to work security for many different nightclubs and a lot of them were mostly gay. I was inevitably hit on, from time to time, but never did I feel violated or in danger. Even the gym I go to has a pretty big chunk of openly gay men, but that doesn't keep me from using the shower.

 

Doubt it.

 

It's a real threat and had to bail women out on at least two occasions.

 

How so?

 

That video is depicting two different things, and calling them the same thing. Staring and unsolicited compliments aren't even in the same ball park as assault.

Men who assault women are pieces of shit. Cat-calling is just rude and makes guys look like jerks. But if staring at an attractive women in a short skirt is harassment, than every heterosexual man in the world is guilty.

 

My thoughts exactly. It makes things hella confusing when you call them the same thing. More women should speak out.

 

Very curious to hear the women on the sites opinion on this.

 

Me too which is why posted the article

 

Touchy subject for me maybe, but here's my long winded 2 cents...

Street harassment and assault are two very different things. Whistles, stares, comments...as long as he's mellow about it, no big deal. People should be allowed to call someone beautiful (like in the video) without labeling it harassment. Rest assured though, if a guy is being vulgar or aggressive, I have no issue telling him to fuck off and I've even gone as far as asking for help from another stranger to make the first fucker back off. It can be scary depending on the circumstances, but I'm sorry though...none of it is comparable to rape. Being eye fucked on the street doesn't begin to equate to having a man force your legs apart and push his penis inside of you without permission. Dealing with men whistling or commenting on parts of your body...very different than having someone put his hand up your skirt when you're riding the subway. I don't think street harassment is a gateway drug to rape, as the video suggests. Just because a stranger notices and comments on the beauty of a passerby doesn't mean he's ready to slam her against a wall and assault her. Those are two very different groups of men and I think it does an injustice to women who've suffered through the long standing effects of rape to talk about "street harassment" in the same breath as assault. I know I probably sound like a bitch and I honestly don't care. Being verbally harassed by strangers on the street is nothing compared to being physically overpowered by a man intent on raping you. I can handle words any day of the week, but being raped again?? Fuck no.

I know the video spoke of and showed harassment on the street, but I hope their crusade is geared more towards stopping the assaults that they also spoke of (happening on public transportation). Assault is a real issue...being whistled at or called beautiful on the street, is not.

 

What harassment did you witness in the video? Not a single guy was rude or stalked any of those lame ass bitches.

 

Can someone please rep this woman? So well said.

 

Unattractive men talking to a woman is harassment. Attractive men to women is sparking conversation. Didn't you get the memo? Lol

 

I was speaking to what they outlined as "harassment". I agree that the few comments that chick got didn't amount to harassment. Sorry for not being clear.

 

I know, I was being sarcastic. Your post was spot on.

Lol these women would wither up and die without the attention turning it into "men are scared to approach an proud independent woman"

 

I question any video that starts out by naming the races of people (regardless of gender) that are "guilty" of anything. I am not saying that the video is or isn't valid, but to claim that this is simply a gendered issue and then naming off races like that... It just rubs me the wrong way.

In addition, I have gotten "street harassed" when wearing a t shirt I am assuming because I hit the gym. I wasn't dressed in short shorts and a tank top. I can assure you that if I dress similar to that woman, I may not be sexualized, but I will definitely be ridiculed, made fun of, and I can assume people will question my sexuality. Furthermore, I hate these kind of things because they always go to the lower income neighborhoods in larger cities. It really feels like class-baiting, race-baiting, and gender-baiting.

I don't believe people should be harassed for what they wear, but I won't pretend that I live in a world where this doesn't happen. I also can't pretend that the police don't target black males specifically, I also can't pretend that black sexuality isn't and hasn't been demonized for centuries, and I can't pretend that the world will change any time soon.

Someone commented on the issue of assault. I can completely agree with that. I also worry if we put so much focus on cat calling and less on assault, that real issues won't be addressed. I do find it comforting that she didn't endure assault.

 

This is what it boils down to for me. Words vs actions...hmmm where should the focus be? Seems like common sense to me.