Street harassment and stranger harassment are one in the same. I am an American woman who owns a small hotel in Livorno, Italy. Street harassment is so bad in Italy, I barely go outside. The only time I go out is when I am with my partner and sometimes I still get kisses blown at me, and stares. Today, while at the hotel, a man called. He wanted to book a room for December He said that he already knew that I was American and had an athletic build.
Then asked if he could book an escort for those nights. I stay in the house day in and day out because people of the stares, lewd remarks, gestures and comments I have received within the five years of living here. To be harassed in my own business and have someone assume that I am somehow involved in prostitution because I am a woman of color, enrages me.
Share your street harassment story today and help raise awareness about the problem. Find suggestions for what YOU can do about this human rights issue. I saw an episode of What Would You Do where a woman assumed that an abuse victim was a prostitute just because she was black and dressed provocatively.
Apparently this kind of racism and sexism is common. Activism Our Books Donate Store. Livorno, Italy Share your street harassment story today and help raise awareness about the problem. Comments I saw an episode of What Would You Do where a woman assumed that an abuse victim was a prostitute just because she was black and dressed provocatively. Trackbacks [β¦] Street harassment includes verbal and physical assault by a full spectrum of men whose primary filter for understanding women is to sexualize them.
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