catcalling
Ruth George was a sophomore studying to become a physical therapist.
"It's little comments like that where you realize you're being looked at as a fetish and not as a woman."
I’ll stop and ask my catcallers to repeat themselves and explain why they said that thing or made that gesture. I’ll explain why it’s wrong to do so.
“Did you know your mother’s hot?”
WHAT'S HAPPENING
This is what it feels like.
Offenders could face a $60 fine.
"Sprinkling your harassment with racialized remarks makes it so much worse."
Call out abuse when you see it and call it what it is – a violation of human rights, not “just a guy thing.”
"You fall in love with a woman’s flowers but you never looked at her roots."