HOLLABACK!!!

Now here's a campaign us girls can all participate in...

Sadly being harassed by a large range of construction workers/ white van drivers/ groups of drunken pub goers is part of life where ever you go, especially now summer is here (sort of) and you may even dare to go outside barelegged. Full on heckling along with wonderfully obscene gestures are common or sometimes just shouting out a random body part.. "LEGS" "TITS" "ARSE"

These actions are particularly offensive when you are trying to go about your normal day, in absolutely no state of undress, and some coward yells at you from some vantage point such as a high-rise or van when they'd never dare to abuse you if you were standing next to them in the pub.

Harassment- either verbal or physical- is never acceptable, but sadly this behaviour is all to often shrugged off or ignored, long gone are the days when I bother to reply...

But NOT any more! Started in NYC and now campaigning in London HOLLABACK encourages women to photograph their harassers on their phones and shame the perpetrators on the Hollaback website. The response is already extremely positive, and it's amazing how offended these guys get when you try and take their photo, seeing as usually they're so proud of their witty banter.

So remember, next time some idiot decides to holla at you, don't forget to Hollaback!!!

http://eastlondonlocal.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/anti-harassment-campaign-to-launch-in-hackney/

hollabacknyc.blogspot.com/

http://www.hollabackldn.com/