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Calling out catcalling

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Vincent
Published date04 June 2022
Publication titleEvening Gazette
Analysis from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that fewer than one in four males (23%) in that age group had experienced harassment, compared with 50% of women and girls

Among all age groups, more than a quarter of women (27%) had experienced some form of harassment, compared to 15% of men.

The most common form of harassment experienced by females was catcalls, whistles and unwanted sexual comments or jokes made by strangers in a public place, with 13% complaining of this sort of behaviour, rising to 38% among women and girls aged between 16 and 34.

Other forms of harassment experienced by women included being insulted or shouted at by a stranger (13%), a feeling that they were being followed (11%), and feeling physically threatened by a stranger in a public place (5%).

Among men, the most common form of harassment was being insulted or shouted at by a stranger (12%).

Disabled people were more likely to experience harassment than non-disabled people, and people from ethnic minorities were more likely to be harassed than people from the White ethnic group.

The findings come in an ONS report exploring perceptions of personal safety and harassment in the UK.

It also found that nearly half of all women (48%) do not feel safe using public transport on their own after dark, compared to 19% of men. Among women in the 16 to 34 age...

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