GoPro exposes the harassment women face just walking down the street

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A woman walks down the street, keeping to herself. A man catcalls her; she keeps walking. "What, you don't wanna talk?" the man hollers

Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

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A new PSA is helping to expose the prevalence of harassment women face each day simply by walking down the street.

A man hid a GoPro camera in his background and walked in front of a woman named Shoshana B. Roberts, capturing more than 100 instances of catcalling, unsolicited compliments, whistles, leers and general harassment over the course of 10 hours in New York City. Several men also followed Roberts for a few blocks; one silently walked alongside her for up to five minutes. (Roberts was a volunteer for this video, not an unwitting suspect.) Read more...

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