“I don’t dress for a guy.” “I don’t dress for a girl.” “I don’t dress to make somebody else happy.” That’s how a new video ;about street harassment and personal style begins. Created by anti-street harassment organization Hollaback! and fashion company ModCloth, the video features eleven women discussing why no one should ever censor their style to feel safe on the streets. ; “I don’t dress to get your attention,” one woman says, with another adding, “Or to make you smile.” Internationally, 70 to 90 percent ;of women experience street harassment in their lifetimes. That means that catcallers…
“I don’t dress for a guy.”
“I don’t dress for a girl.”
“I don’t dress to make somebody else happy.”
That’s how a new video ;about street harassment and personal style begins. Created by anti-street harassment organization Hollaback! and fashion company ModCloth, the video features eleven women discussing why no one should ever censor their style to feel safe on the streets. ;
“I don’t dress to get your attention,” one woman says, with another adding, “Or to make you smile.”
Internationally, 70 to 90 percent ;of women experience street harassment in their lifetimes. That means that catcallers need to change their behaviors, ;not women. ;
As one woman says: “It’s not my job to change.” ;
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Women Explain Why It’s Not On Them To Stop Street Harassment
