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"Damn girl!": Woman secretly films 10 hours of street harassment by strangers

She was even followed by a man for five minutes as she walked.

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WHAT IS IT like to walk the streets of New York as a lone woman?

According to this video from Hollaback!, a group aimed at fighting back against street harassment, it means a barrage of comments about your looks and body.

The group said that Shoshana B Roberts volunteered to take part in the video, which was filmed by Rob Bliss using a secret camera. Shoshana had two mics in her hands as she walked silently along the busy New York streets.

Bliss was inspired to make the video because of his own girlfriend’s experiences with street harassment.

Hollaback points out:

The experience of street harassment is different for everyone.  Street harassment disproportionately impacts women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and young people.  Although the degree to which Shoshana gets harassed is shocking — the reality is that the harassment that people of color and LGBTQ individuals face is oftentimes more severe and more likely to escalate into violence. These forms of harassment are not just sexist — but also racist and homophobic in nature.

What do you think of the video?

Read: “Keep walking, I’m gonna rape you” – Irish street harassment stories shared on Hollaback>

Read: Column: Shouting ‘nice arse’ isn’t innocent, and we shouldn’t ignore it>

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    Mute Eoin Roche
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    Oct 22nd 2021, 2:43 PM

    Being 5tup1d with fireworks and being 5tup1d with firearms ought to be the same crime. Hope the lady recovers, but it sounds very bad.

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    Oct 22nd 2021, 3:03 PM

    Sounds like she was just minding her own business and all. Poor woman. I hope she recovers fully. What kind of ding dong sets off a firework in a busy city centre.

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    Oct 22nd 2021, 3:09 PM

    Gardai asking for CCTV footage …. I hope they aren’t just waiting for it to land in their laps, and are actually proactively approaching businesses in the area asking for it.

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    Oct 22nd 2021, 4:04 PM

    @Pablo: dope

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    Oct 22nd 2021, 5:26 PM

    @Pablo: Yeah thats how the police works, they go on twitter and say Hey Hey, hit me up with any clips from that bad buzz in #eyresquare #thoughtsandprayers #nodrama

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    Oct 22nd 2021, 3:46 PM

    A life changing injury to a young girls face, caused by someone who does not care about the physical and mental damage they have inflicted.

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    Oct 22nd 2021, 3:09 PM

    Hope they catch the *censored word*. The injuries sound horrific

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    Mute Francis Devenney
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    Oct 22nd 2021, 3:37 PM

    A lot of people don’t seem to realise that fireworks are quite serious explosives. The lifting charge alone has enough energy to launch the thing several hundred feet in the air. and the radius and and heat of the main charge is huge. They need to be treated with the same respect as any other explosive.

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    Mute Gary Mullen
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    Oct 22nd 2021, 7:28 PM

    @Francis Devenney: unfortunately, I don’t think the people using them care about that, and I’m pretty sure they won’t be reading this article. They will only learn when they get injured themselves :(

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    Oct 22nd 2021, 4:27 PM

    But don’t forget it’s part of their culture.

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    Oct 23rd 2021, 11:41 AM

    @Ian Drohan: who? Galwegians?

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    Oct 22nd 2021, 3:57 PM

    Please come forward if you know anything on this. If you actually did it, come forward.

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    Mute Gary Mullen
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    Oct 22nd 2021, 7:29 PM

    @Jimmy Jones: pretty sure the people that did it don’t read or reply to articles on the journal

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