Holla Back DC! is fighting street harassment in America’s capital by empowering Washingtonians to speak out against gender based public sexual harassment.
We define gender based sexual harassment as any sexual harassment that occurs in a public space when one or more individuals (man or woman) accost another individual, based on their gender, as they go about their daily life. This can include vulgar remarks, heckling, insults, innuendo, stalking, leering, fondling, indecent exposure and other forms of public humiliation. Gender based public sexual harassment occurs on a continuum starting with words, stalking, and unwanted touching which can lead to more violent crimes like rape, assault, and murder.
Whether you’re commuting, lunching, partying, dancing, walking, chilling, drinking, or sunning, you have the right to feel safe, confident, and sexy, without being the object of someone’s fantasy. So stop walkin’ on and Holla Back: send your stories and pics of street harassers to dchollaback at gmail dot com.
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Eric Broussard-Bueno // April 9, 2009 at 12:06 am |
Hello, I think the HollabackDC blog is an enlightening, progressive and informative outlet detailing the awful gender based street harassment occurring daily throughout our nation’s capital. Our neighborhoods, city streets, store fronts, business areas, bars and restaurants, areas providing public transportation and so many others are wrought with people engaging in passive aggressive interactions which is bad enough, however these negative communications also often lead into more aggressive violence. Unwarranted words and come-ons for sexual solicitations are never appropriate. Physical actions that sometimes stem from these words are even worse. As a man, I’m very happy to see people becoming motivated and educated about what has unfortunately been “accepted” by society for far too long. It’s time we all take back our streets and take responsibility for the fact that we deserve to live in an enlightened world which holds each person accountable for soliciting an appropriate level of respect for one another.
Defining Street Harassment « Holla Back DC! // May 4, 2009 at 12:42 pm |
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