Thursday 30 October 2014

Walking on the Street

According to a US-survey carried out in 2014, 65% of women and 23% of men have experienced some sort of street harassment. Women mostly reported having been sexually touched or followed while men mostly reported homophobic or transphobic slurs. LGBT individuals are particularly vulnerable: In a study of 93.000 LGBT individuals in the European Union, half of the participants said they would avoid public spaces because of street harassment (via).

- This clip went viral: 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman
- This clip soon should: 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Man



Ruth Orkin's (iconic) photograph "American girl in Italy" (1951) is often used as a symbol of harassment of women. Ninalee Craig, the woman in the photo, criticises this association (information and photograph via).

14 comments:

  1. Ha! Classy posting, Laura.

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  2. Hahahahaha, the 2nd clip is hilarious!

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    1. The "privilege harassment" was a hilarious idea, indeed. And so entertaining :-)

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  3. Abbie Winterburn30 October 2014 at 21:03

    "Can I get you a job?" Hahahahaha hahahahaha

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    1. Hahaha, that's my favourite part, too. Hilarious!

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  4. Frans Gunnarsson30 October 2014 at 21:08

    The 2nd clip, I laughed, I cried. So funny.

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    1. And thank you for passing by and leaving a comment, Erin.

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  6. love the photograph!!

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    1. Incredible that it wasn't staged. In case of interest, here is the contact sheet where another version of the photograph can be seen: http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/lamameritalcont.jpg

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