Stop street harassment book

Street harassment is generally dismissed as harmless, but in. Street harassment is a form of harassment, primarily sexual harassment that consists of unwanted comments, gestures, honking, wolfwhistlings, catcalling, exposure, following, persistent sexual advances, and touching by strangers in public areas such as streets, shopping malls, and public transportation according to an article by the nonprofit organization stop street harassment, street. In 2014, fazlalizadeh told holly kearl, the founder of stop street harassment, that one of her goals was put this work in the hands of women across the world. A construction worker wolfwhistled at me as i walked to the bus stop to go to school. Stop telling women to smile book tatyana fazlalizadeh. As a part of sharpps recent campaign to stop street harassment on campus, we are bringing holly kearl from stop street harassment to johnson theatre this wednesday at 7 p. Using groundbreaking studies, news stories, and interviews, this book underscores that there will never be gender equity until men stop harassing women in. Now, shes making that happen with her recently released book stop telling women to smile.

The book addresses specific and prominent incidents of street harassment such as the mass sexual assaults of women at tahrir square in cairo, egypt. She founded stop street harassment and international antistreet harassment week. In the united states alone, 65 percent of women and 25 percent of men experience street harassment. The evidence is unmistakable, the numbers alarming. Mapping incidents of street harassment shows it is prevalent in high density areas, such as times square in new york city or the west end in london. Painter and street artist fazlalizadeh makes a compelling book debut that expands her public art series stop telling women to smile. Attention is also paid to the ongoing lack of enforcement of laws on street harassment by police and judges. Everyone should be able to navigate through public spaces without facing harassment or the threat of sexual assault, yet that is a right that millions of people worldwide are routinely denied. Stop street harassment founder holly kearl is the author of three of the few books that focus on street harassment. Holly kearl has written an easytoread, engaging book about street harassment and. A street art project addressing gender based street harassment. Anger fuels an artists project to publicize the prevalence of street harassment. Stop street harassment holly kearl, 2010 the 2010 stop street harassment book is groundbreaking for its exploration of an underacknowledged, underresearched, and underdiscussed topic. In the second half of the book, readers will find concrete strategies for dealing with street harassers and ways to become involved in working.

In her important book, author holly kearl explains how street harassment interrupts the basic right we all have to move freely through our everyday lives. Stop street harassment provides powerful information about genderbased assault and helps us put an end to this problem now. This book taps personal stories, research data, news stories, and information about global campaigns. Perhaps more crucially, the book makes clear how women experience street harassment.

Stop global street harassment bluestockings book event. We conduct research, fund a national hotline, work on local, national and international campaigns and run an informational website. With this time of year comes an increase in street harassment. Senk said it takes away from her grocery list writing, her book reading and her music, the things she likes to do on her commute. Stop street harassment is an excellent, wellresearched, look into an ageold problem that everyone experiences but no one talks about. There are unique challenges for holding perpetrators legally accountable for street harassment. Stop telling women to smile as an artwork has always been about reflecting the faces and voices of various women and nonbinary people who deal with street harassment.

The book concludes by looking forward at remedies for the problem. First published in 2010 as a hardcover book by praeger publishers an academic press, this is the paperback, affordable version street harassment is generally dismissed as harmless, but in reality, it causes women to feel unsafe in public, at least sometimes. Most women and some men will face genderbased street harassment by strangers in. Stop street harassment ssh is a nonprofit organization dedicated to documenting and ending genderbased street harassment worldwide. Growing activism around the world ebook written by holly kearl. Hollaback finding effective solutions to street harassment. Making public places safe and welcoming for women draws on academic studies, informal surveys, news articles, and interviews with activists to explore the practices definition and prevalence, the societal contexts in which it occurs, and the. Stop global street harassment by holly kearl praeger. Stop street harassment ssh is a nonprofit organization dedicated to. And stop street harassment which are nonprofit organizations that help bring awareness, tools and education materials to bring street harassment to an end. I recently spoke with holly about why we all deserve safe public spaces. Growing activism around the world should be read by feminist leaders far and wide.

I think its very important to get this stuff on film, not just the behindthescenes of the process, but also the interviews with the women. The books narrative is informed by more than 1,000 womens experience, collected through informal online surveys and this stop street harassment blog. Also, more than 20 antistreet harassment activists contributed their ideas on how to work to end street harassment. Writing this book was an opportunity to dive deeper into those stories looking at race, gender, presentation, sexuality, religion, culture, body size, and more. The book is informed by more than 1,000 womens experience, collected through online surveys and the stop street harassment blog. Stop street harassment making public places safe and welcoming for women. Like a wolf who wanted to devour a smaller, weaker animal.

Makes a clear case for why street harassment is a human rights violation and. Making public places safe and welcoming for women draws on academic studies, informal surveys, news articles, and interviews with activists to explore the practices definition and prevalence, the societal contexts in which it occurs, and the role of factors such as race and sexual orientation. She the founder of stop street harassment, an author, a consultant and a nonprofit professional. Tips for how to respond to philly street harassment. The project consists of a series of portraits of women women who i have sat talked with about their experiences with harassment. Stop global street harassment by holly kearl overdrive. And since men are the primary perpetrators of street harassment, men bear the responsibility for ending it. Boys will be boys, women have been told for generations, ignore it, shrug it off, take it as a compliment. A national study conducted by the nonprofit stop street harassment. Purchase them from or request them for your local library. So let me say it plainly to my maleidentified people out there. Stop street harassment holly kearl is an expert on the global problem of sexual harassment in public spaces, or street harassment.

Making public places safe and welcoming for women praeger, 2010 and coauthor of a national report on sexual harassment in grades 712, crossing the line. Perhaps because it is so ubiquitous, we do not think about it consciously. From catcalls, unsolicited comments, jeering, groping, public indecency and when women object to such degrading treatment, theyre often accused of not accepting a compliment, or having a sense of humour failure. Stop global street harassment by holly kearl praeger abcclio. Stop street harassment, an international nonprofit organization, works to combat genderbased street harassment, which it defines as any action or comment between strangers in public places. Holly kearl street harassment is generally dismissed as harmless, but in reality. Stop street harassment, lara logan on 60 minutes announcements. Congratulations to hollaback for successfully getting a journalist fired who threatened to rape one of the hollaback site leaders in an article he wrote. Street harassment literature brooklyn movement center. Holly kearl is the founder of the nonprofit organization stop street harassment.

To achieve true gender equality, it must come to an end. Street harassment is generally dismissed as harmless, but in reality, it causes women to feel unsafe in public, at least sometimes. Learn how widespread this problem is and about possible solutions. Making public places safe and welcoming for women draws on academic studies, informal surveys, news articles, and interviews with activists to explore complexities of the issue. Over 80 percent of women experience genderbased harassment from unknown men in public, including whistling, sexuallyexplicit comments, groping, stalking, and assault. Stop street harassment is dedicated to ending genderbased street harassment worldwide. Stop telling women to smile is a street art project that addresses gender based street harassment. Tatyana fazlalizadeh deepens our understanding of street. Holly kearl is an expert on the global problem of sexual harassment in public spaces, or street harassment. Thanks for joining international antistreet harassment week in april 2019. Stop street harassment by holly kearl praeger abcclio. Seven stories of street harassment our bodies ourselves. Making public places safe and welcoming for women, she runs the website. In cities across the world, women from all walks of life and of all ages are faced with street harassment.

The debut book from a celebrated artist on the urgent topic of street harassment every day, all over the world, women are catcalled and denigrated simply for walking down the street. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read stop global street harassment. Holly kearl street harassment is generally dismissed as harmless, but in reality, it causes women to feel unsafe in public, at least sometimes. Street harassment is a underresearched and written about topic, particularly as far as why men harass women, how widespread the problem is. There are a lot of people that recommended this book. Making public places safe and welcoming for women it is extremely good to read. Stop street harassment ssh is a nonprofit organization dedicated to documenting and ending gender.

Were going to try to do some onthestreet filming, getting peoples reactions to the work, and seeing if we can get some street harassment happening on film so people can see what were talking about. Although street harassment is a form of sexual harassment, the public nature of the abuse and the anonymity of the perpetrator cause difficulties for developing and enforcing legislation on this type of harassment. Making public places safe and welcoming for women 97803384967. Stop street harassment by holly kearl, 9780615634616, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.