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seabeyond

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2. age of 12, 1 in 4 girls will experience street harassment. 19 that number is nearly 90 percent.

Reply to MadrasT (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:23 PM

Sep 2012

Public sexual harassment against women is an all too common occurrence. By the age of 12, 1 in 4 girls will experience street harassment in the form of unwanted attention in public and by the age of 19 that number is nearly 90 percent. The public sexualization of women can result in a type of vulnerability that is both hurtful and harmful -- hurtful because we are so much more than just a body, and harmful because there are some young women who, after constant reinforcement about how they are perceived, may come to see themselves as just that.

i do not know how a man can say they have never seen it. it is much more than that.

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STREET HARASSMENT: Every Woman's War [View all] MadrasT Sep 2012 OP

I'm sorry to say that most people probably think this is insignificant. patrice Sep 2012 #1

do whatever you WANT as long as you can "avoid" the consequences one way or another. seabeyond Sep 2012 #3

Agree! strongly . . . patrice Sep 2012 #4

age of 12, 1 in 4 girls will experience street harassment. 19 that number is nearly 90 percent. seabeyond Sep 2012 #2

Logging off tonight, but want to read tomorrow. CrispyQ Sep 2012 #5