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Street Harassment

November 19, 2014September 16, 2015Hamna Awan

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“Hey beautiful!”

—yelled the middle-aged man from the driver’s seat of his car. Masking her discomfort, the young woman on the receiving end of the “compliment” continued to mind her own business.

Catcalling, unwanted compliments, excessive staring…a.k.a. the average experience of a young woman out in the world.

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