Almost everyone can relate to this uncomfortable interaction. Catcalling. The victims feel uneasy while the caller looks obnoxious. Holly Kearlys, student at George Washington University, masters thesis targeted street harassment throughout the year. During the winter, she found that the harassment levels were very low, but when the spring season came, she said "Suddenly, it was April, and I was getting yelled at everywhere by men in cars."
Kearl researched 225 women and 98 percent of them say that they have been harassed on multiple occasions, while 30 percent of the women claim to be harassed on a daily basis. Although the argument goes both ways, some women are flattered by the comments while others are completed embarrassed with unwanted attention.
Most women do not respond to the catcalls, but instead some blog about their frustration. HollaBackNYC.blogspot.com encourages women to take pictured of their harassers and place them on the blog.
Emily May, creator of the blog says, "I think sites like ours can help women see that they're not alone, that it happens to women in all walks of life by men in all walks of life, and that it's not okay."
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