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I had been in Aberdeen visiting a friend and we went out for drinks. A man who was out alone in the bar started talking to us. We thought it was a bit weird, but we didn’t want to offend him. I went to the bar to order more drinks and he followed me for … Continued

This was my first experience of catcalling and general harassment.A group of boys around my age (teenage) shouted something from their bikes. I couldn’t here most of it but I did pick up the word “condom.” It makes me mad that society is teaching their children to behave like this. In broad daylight, around 4pm … Continued

I was already in a bad mood from a catcall 5 minutes previous to this one. I was walking on the pavement beside some cars stopped at the traffic light, when I noticed two young ‘lads’ in an Audi acting all cool and staring at women. At that point I decided to get my phone … Continued

I get these looks all the time when I’m at school, i can feel eyes on my body, I notice the little nudges and nods of the head that boys give each other as i pass. A boy asked me in the corridor “how many dicks have you sucked then?” whilst looking me up and … Continued

on Halloween 2015, when i was 14, a man in a small red car yelled at my two friends and i “get your tits out!!” I 👏 WAS 👏 FOUR 👏 TEEN 👏

We’re thrilled to introduce our newest member Rebecca and her thoughts on street harassment and the Hollaback! movement. ***   I have lived, despite my best efforts, in smaller communities my entire life. I grew up in a small town in Ontario, Canada where we played in our neighbours equally large backyards, knew most of the … Continued

We’re super-excited to be going to Stirling in a few days, for two workshops on street harassment. This is organised in relation to the 16 Days of Action which takes place every year, to highlight gendered violence and abuse. As we in Hollaback! consider street harassment not as an isolated incident or a ‘joke’, but … Continued

As there is not a Hollaback for Stirling, I felt this would be a good place to share this story. I have lived in the Stirling area for eight years and regularly walk past this pub. The same group of men, aged between 40 and 60, stand outside almost every day. They leer at any … Continued

My partner (also a woman) and I were walking along Sauchiehall around 8.30pm, after an afternoon at Pride Glasgow. 3 men wearing smart suits saw us and crossed the street towards us making noises (“woooohhhh”) and then stopped us in our tracks by surrounding us and standing in front of us. One asked, “what’s that … Continued