Friday, December 5, 2008

Then and Now: Street Harassment of the 1880s

I came across this article today that talks about street harassment in late Victorian London. It has some examples of women shopping and going about their daily errands and being called out in the streets by men. It's a really good read and it's pretty interesting to see how little has changed over the past 100 years in terms of women still encountering the same sort of street harassment.

Read the full article here: http://www.stopstreetharassment.com/resources/SH%20victorian%20london.pdf

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