The Prevalence of Street Harassment

THE PREVALENCE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF STREET HARASSMENT WHAT IS STREET HARASSMENT? STREET HARASSMENT IS ANY ACTION OR COMMENT BETWEEN STRANGERS IN PUBLIC PLACES THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL, UNWELCOME, THREATENING AND/OR HARASSING AND IS MOTIVATED BY GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER EXPRESSION. 99% 27% 77% OVER 99 PERCENT OF THE WOMEN IN THE 2008 INFORMAL ONLINE SURVEY SAID THEY HAD EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF STREET HARASSMENT CONLY THREE WOMEN SAID THEY HAD 62% 95% NOT). THIS INFOGRAPH DEPICTS THE PERCENTAGES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED EACH TYPE OF STREET HARASSMENT. 75% * 37% ASSAULT BLOCKING PATH * FOLLOWING ane GROPING 57% 81% XXX HONKING KISSING NOISES LEERING 95% 82% CENSORED MASTURBATING (XXX SEXUALLY EXPLICIT LANGUACE CENSORED VULGAR GESTURES SOURCE: http://www.stopstreetharassment.org/resources/statistics/sshstudies/ GRAPHIC CREATED BY John Nwagwu: www.behance.net/johnnwawgu