85% of women aged 18–24 experienced unwanted sexual attention in public places

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The Women and Equalities Committee has launched an inquiry into sexual harassment of women and girls in public places.

You can give evidence and have a say on how this should be tackled here:

www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/women-and-equalities-committee/news-parliament-2017/sexual-harassment-public-places-launch-17-19/

Bump to remind me to contribute. Thanks jelly!

Thanks for publicising this, Jelly.

Thanks for posting Jelly!

Seriously?!

Committee Chair, Maria Miller MP, said

"We know that there is huge public concern about sexual harassment, particularly of women and girls, which is why we held an evidence session in December to look at women's experiences of harassment in different places and how these experiences are linked.

"We know that sexual harassment can be experienced by anyone, but the evidence shows that it is overwhelmingly a problem that is perpetrated by men and boys against women and girls and forms part of the wider inequalities that women and girls experience - which is why we are focusing on this.

"Women and girls are harassed on buses, trains, in the street and in bars and clubs.

We are putting a spotlight on a problem that seems to be so routine in women's lives, and yet has received very little attention in public policy.

We want to find out why it happens, what the Government is doing to root it out, and what more can be done."

How on earth can Maria believe what she says above whilst simultaneously wishing for self ID?

@FirstShinyRobe if it makes a difference I have never experienced harassment from a man ina dress. Actually the only men who have ever made unwanted sexual advances have been migrants (judging from their accents). Men with local accents always make pains to figure out whether it's ok before moving on to paying compliments or asking for my number. I don't agree with self ID but I don't think that it is as much of a problem as men who think that it is ok to harass women. The problem is a cultural one, not a legal one.

Glad to see the consultation, though, and hope it gets lots of responses. Will start mine this weekend.

Thanks jellyfrizz

It's interesting that Maria Miller is now framing the problem more clearly; back in November she was talking about 'children' having their breasts grabbed.

(I am not suggesting that males do not experience abuse or that females do not commit abuse -any abuse should absolutely be dealt with but the facts are that perpetrators are overwhelmingly male and we need to look into why this is happening.)

PLACEMARKING and bumping - I'm really quite thrilled to see this.

I thought street harassment had died a death until I started running and got the full force of it again. Wankers (literally).