The Pitt News: Pitt students condemn catcalling

https://pittnews.com/article/127683/arts-and-entertainment/pitt-students-condemn-catcalling/

Pitt students condemn catcalling
Joanna Li | Staff Writer
February 14, 2018

As a 12-year-old, Sophia Marshall stepped out of the house feeling confident in the
outfit she had picked out that morning. As she waited for a friend by the local high
school, she heard a sharp whistle from out of the window of a passing car — her
first experience with catcalling.

Marshall, now a junior business administration major at Pitt, recalled feeling conflicted at the time — a mix of validation and violation.  It wasn’t until she came to college that the instances of catcalling became more frequent for Marshall — happening on the bus, her nightly walk home in Central Oakland and during her summer abroad in Paris — causing her to feel fed up.
“I’m not your baby, I’m not your honey,” Marshall said. “You don’t know me.”
According to a Cornell study, 85 percent of women experience street harassment before age 17 — and some women in Oakland are in that majority. Walking in groups of three or more, carrying pepper spray at all times and knowing a few self-defense techniques are all tips in the back of the minds of some women who have experienced street harassment at Pitt.

Marie Skoczylas, a visiting instructor in the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
Program, offers a definition of catcalling and its effects.
“Catcalling is singling out a target for sexual objectification and commenting publicly on
that person’s appearance,” Skoczylas said. “It requires a sense of entitlement to pull a
stranger into that kind of situation, knowing the advance may well be unwelcome and
insulting.”

Catcalling is part of the larger issue of street harassment. According to “Stop Street
Harassment” — a nonprofit organization focusing on ending gender-based street
harassment — street harassment can range from unwanted whistling to sexual assault. As Skoczylas explains, there’s a fine line between a pleasant interaction with compliments and harassing words that are disrespectful in nature.
“Rather than taking the route of trying to criminalize behavior, I think we need to focus on a cultural shift, changing attitudes so that we see each other as individuals to be respected rather than objects to harass,” Skoczylas said.
Sophomore finance major Casey Maher experienced catcalling in Oakland one night in
August. She walked to upper campus to meet with friends to watch a movie, but a friend
made a last-minute cancellation. Maher found herself alone in an unfamiliar place.
“Some guys pulled up next to me in a car and started yelling things out the window, like,
‘hey girl, get in the car, let us give you a ride,’” Maher said. “It made me feel really
uncomfortable and I had my hand on my phone to call the police.”

Carolyn Helenski, a sophomore communication science and disorders major, has
experienced catcalling in multiple cities. She recalls an instance with her mom in
Philadelphia that was particularly memorable, saying it was very degrading.
“One time I was in Philly with my mom for the afternoon, and a young guy was with his
friends on the street,” Helenski said. “When my mom and I walked by he said, ‘look at that nice, tight pussy in those pants.’’’
In this uncomfortable position, Helenski had an urge to stand up to the man, but her mom told her to act as if nothing had happened and just continue walking.
“Catcalling isn’t pretty when someone is trying to embarrass or harass you,” Helenski said.
“I went to say something, but [my mom] told me to just keep walking — which frustrated
me because a woman I look up to more than anyone didn’t feel comfortable standing up for herself or me.”

Other women in Oakland have experienced harassment from older men, not just fellow
college students.  Close Morgan, a junior who asked her last name be omitted for privacy, was walking back from her class in the Chevron Science Center when she stumbled into one such case as she passed a few construction workers on the sidewalk.
“As I got closer to them, I noticed that the one guy was staring at me,” she said. “Right as I
walked by, the guy who had been looking at me a little too long turned his head and said
‘hey beautiful,’ and watched me as I kept walking down the street.”
Morgan said she didn’t think much of the situation — she just smiled and continued
walking down O’Hara Street to Fifth Avenue, enjoying the compliment she was given.
“What was initially nice became super creepy when I was stopped at the crosswalk by
Thackeray,” Morgan said. “The same man popped his head out of the passenger side of a
white pickup truck and said, for the second time, ‘hey beautiful’ as his buddy kept driving.”
To avoid another encounter with the man, Morgan ended up taking the longest route
possible to get to her destination — an inconvenience for her to feel safe.
While Marshall continues to take her chances striking up conversations with strangers, she said she draws the line between friendliness and street harassment at a stranger’s ability to read context clues on a situation.
“I’m not trying to say that no one should talk to anybody else,” Marshall said. “I am saying that you need to respect my privacy, and that includes no shouting, no name calling.”
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This is Jeopardy: Street Harassment Edition

Welcome, to Jeopardy: Street Harassment Edition, on the board we have common categories addressing the epidemic of black “Christian” street harassment of others.  Let’s take a look at the board and contestant no. 1, you may choose any category to start off:

 

UPDATED: When Blacks Attack and Rape their Own Daughters/Sons & Mothers: What Chance do Victims of Their Street Harassment Have?

There is so much disgusting conduct and breaking of common law, the laws of nature and human decency that I thought it necessary to take a break from the usual posts of black “Christian” males and their street/sexual harassment and assault of women who are total strangers.  There is an increase in recent history of black American “Christians” raping their mothers, impregnating their daughters in the United States. So when a black man street harasses, what chance does a woman who is a total stranger have to be protected from their criminal inclinations, especially in broad daylight?  This is a disclaimer, these true stories are graphic and quite honestly may induce vomiting:

 …they rape their own daughters:

39-year-old father came home from prison & impregnated his 17-year-old daughter. November 21, 2017

http://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/562820/39-year-old-father-came-home-from-prison-impregnated-his-17-year-old-daughter

September 05, 2017: Orlando Sentinel:  Felon dragged stepgranddaughter into the woods, raped her, deputies say 

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-darrell-mills-arrest-amber-alert-20170903-story.html

April 26, 2017:  His Mom After Being Charged With the Rape and Murder of 8-Month-Old Daughter

https://www.bet.com/video/news/national/2017/detroit-man-charged-with-the-rape-and-murder-of-8-month-old-daughter.html

September 11, 2015:  This case originated in 2008 and one of the later news articles indicate: ‘Man accused of raping 8-day old infant daughter set free’                                                 http://katv.com/archive/davis-to-go-free-after-rape-charges-dropped-by-judge

October 23, 2014:  Man charged with raping baby, girl who now have HIV    https://www.click2houston.com/news/man-charged-with-raping-baby-girl-who-now-have-hiv_20151124022448598

July 29, 2013:  Former Fugees Director Gets 90 Years In Prison For Raping And Impregnating His Daughters:                                                                                                                 http://madamenoire.com/288520/former-award-winning-fugees-director-gets-90-years-in-prison-for-raping-and-impregnating-his-daughters/

 There are also SEVERAL stories of black “Christian” American males and Latinos raping their step daughters/daughters of their girlfriends and fiances as well as impregnating them…

…they rape their mothers too:

October 08, 2014:  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Teen confesses to killing mother and defiling her body

http://fox43.com/2014/10/08/warning-graphic-content-teen-confesses-to-killing-mother-and-defiling-her-body/

July 17, 2012: GRAPHIC: Teen arrested for raping his grandmother                                    http://kfor.com/2012/07/17/15-year-old-arrested-for-raping-his-grandma/

July 05, 2011:  Ohio father with HIV arrested for raping 6-month-old son https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ohio-father-with-hiv-arrested-for-raping-6-month-old-son/

If it is not their own mothers and daughters, it is someone else’s:

March 10, 2011:  ‘Gang Rape of 11-Year-Old Girl Sparks Racial Tensions in Texas Town’  http://abcnews.go.com/US/gang-rape-charges-18-men-sparks-racial-tensions/story?id=13095476

This is just a sampling of stories in recent years demonstrating the demonic possession of today’s black male “Christians” in modern American society.  You will find them with obnoxious, onerous and arrogant personalities as their belief of do ‘what thou wilt’ is their primary modus operandi, thus committing all types of evil and debauchery is what they are most proud of.  Now, just imagine all the other stories of mothers and children being raped by their black “Christian” fathers in recent decades that have not made it into mainstream media’s various platforms. Then, take a moment to imagine all the other similar crimes where victims have been threatened or coerced into not even filing criminal charges. 

Still, there are black males who are remain in denial as to what they have become but most black women who can at least discern truth from falsehood, have worked as social workers, child advocates, attorneys and the like seen first hand the proliferation of these types of cases OFTEN and for several decades. Unfortunately, certain black “Christians” with their blind loyalty to men who seek to destroy them all will deny, defend and deflect because they suffer from a longstanding psychosis compounded with Stockholm Syndrome with their ritualistic black male abuser.

These black American males will transgress the boundaries of consanguinity, common sense and human decency; then there should be no surprise that these hyper-sexual deviants would violate the bodily integrity of total strangers– let alone their own children! They respect no law or the concept of human life. Black males use the generic response that “white men do it too,” as if to say if some whites will sin, and delve into all types of degeneracy the black males of today’s self esteem is so low and so tied up into doing ANYTHING that a white does that it somehow automatically makes them equal in social standing. No, this makes you all devils regardless of race.  For those of you who are not partial to religion, you can skip the rest of this paragraph. For those of you who can find wisdom in sayings and narrations and see how it can fit different situations, please read on.  When I thought about this, it reminded me of a hadith, which to my knowledge is authentic but I am no theologian.  Yet, I find it poignant in the debauchery and behavior of today’s black “Christian” male street harassers, assaulters, sexual abusers and molesters of women and children:  “…You will indeed follow the ways of those before you, hand span by hand span, and an arms length after another. Even if they enter into a lizard’s hole, you will follow them…”

So much for modern society. Judeo-Christian values. Moral and democratic leader of the free world? Think again.

These black  “Christian” males are actually Satanists, anti-Christ and demonic no matter how often they spew Jesus name as if they are imposing a curse on a random person who is of a different religion. You now see them bragging of how they practice voodoo and African pagan religions.  You will even find them stating that it is hard to ‘program’ black women as if they are objects to be controlled and used as a rubbish bin for them to solely lay waste to their lowly desires.  To deflect from their own deviancy they often enjoy calling the white man the devil (yes he is guilty too), but more often than not BLACK males are ATTACKING and verbally abusing black women who have done nothing wrong but dare to exercise their constitutional rights to walk freely, freedom of assembly and dare to breathe air in public while you lurk

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with heavy eyes, lustful souls and irrational temperament of a jackal seeking to devour their prey.  All the while attempting to shroud your trident and harmful horns in a façade of black consciousness. 

So the next time you are walking down the pathway, are at a bookstore, the post office or your local grocer, do not hesitate to keep your distance from these pugnacious vagrants and do whatever you can to seek help from a witness and local law enforcement against today’s black male street harassers (modern day coons).  A woman who is minding her business, being a decent, law abiding citizen in her own homeland should not be treated like this.  Remember this is not only violent crime, but gender-based discrimination and a violation of law, let alone basic human decency.

Article: ‘Upskirting, street harassment becomes rising threat in D.C., report finds’

For Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia–this does not surprise me at all since women LIVE it everyday of their lives:

‘Upskirting, street harassment becomes rising threat in D.C., report finds” https://www.gwhatchet.com/2017/11/09/upskirting-street-harassment-becomes-rising-threat-in-d-c-report-finds/                                                                                                                    By Riya Gavaskar Nov 9, 2017 12:32 AM

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Reported cases of upskirting — taking unauthorized pictures underneath a woman’s skirt or dress — in the D.C. area have soared in the past three years.

A team of experts reviewed court records in D.C., Virginia and Maryland, and found cases had jumped 70 percent since 2015, according to a report published late last month by NBC Washington. Advocates said these cases, meant to demean and degrade women – including female students – in public, have become a growing threat with the growth of smart phones and social media.

Many of these cases occur at Metro stations, where women are three times more likely than men to be victims of harassment, according to a 2016 report from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority – the agency that oversees the Metro.

Claire Gould, the communications director for Collective Action for Safe Spaces, a non-profit organization that works to combat harassment and assault, said harassment occurs most often in crowded areas, like a Metro station or Metro car.

“It’s always frustrating when women, in particular, have to be more careful in order to avoid things like this.”

“It’s demeaning and an invasion of privacy,” Gould said in an email. “Like any kind of public harassment, we believe everyone deserves the right to move through public spaces without fear of being harassed or assaulted.”

Gould said officials should start a public awareness campaign to curb harassment on the Metro, collect data on the number of incidents and train employees and transit police on how to address sexual harassment.

Terri Poore, the policy director for the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, said upskirting cannot be prevented easily because it occurs in crowded, busy areas — making it difficult to track down perpetrators.

“There is no shortcut around the fact that people are going to have to have courage and stepping in when they see these sorts of behaviors happening and not leave the onus on the victim,” she said. “Really everyone needs to take an active part in preventing this kind of behavior.”

Although upskirting is considered a form of voyeurism, experts said it is difficult to prosecute in D.C. courts. Consent for taking a picture or recording is only required when the individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy according to voyeurism laws in D.C.

In 2014, a D.C. judge dismissed charges against a man accused of taking photos up a woman’s skirt at the Lincoln Memorial, citing that the accuser could not have a reasonable expectation of privacy while on the National Mall, according to a Huffington Post report.

Amanda Lindamood, the director of training and community engagement for the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, said it’s difficult to prosecute upskirting because laws pertaining to sexual assault are relatively new and there is no general consensus about how they can be enforced and adjudicated.

“Every district, or every jurisdiction, approaches legislation related to violence in a very different way and it’s kind of a new category of consent to think about it, again as just not a physical violence, but that it has to do with images, has to do with social media,” Lindamood said. “It’s kind of a very new section of the law we’re playing catch up on.”

Students said upskirting and general street harassment is a constant menance, especially on an urban campus.

Freshman Andie Kemmerle said it’s aggravating that women have to constantly be on alert when riding the Metro.

“It’s always frustrating when women, in particular, have to be more careful in order to avoid things like this,” she said. “Whereas, it should be that people shouldn’t be doing this in the first place, but hopefully people are for their own safety, being careful about their surroundings when they’re in public.”

In February, the advocacy group Collective Action for Safe Spaces launched a petition that has garnered 333 signatures to urge the the D.C. Council to pass a bill to training and educate D.C. employees about sexual harassment.

“What can people do to keep themselves safe when the law doesn’t even know what’s legal and what’s illegal anymore?”

That same month, some students accused construction workers renovating Corcoran Hall of street harassment and catcalling. D.C. businesses have installed street exhibits and initialed training programs in recent months to try to prevent harassment across the city.

Gabrielle Battino, a sophomore, said living on an urban campus in a densely populated city makes sexual harassment more of a concern.

“It sucks that I’m a woman on campus and I don’t feel safe 100 percent of the time and I should because this is my community,” Battino said. “I guess the only thing I can do is be cautious and be an advocate for the issue.”

Tamara Criss, a graduate student in public health, said D.C should criminalize upskirting because it will encourage more victims come forward to report incidents.

“You can only imagine no one is going to report anything if nothing is going to happen. I think that increasing the criminalization of the activity would be smart,” Criss said. “What can people do to keep themselves safe when the law doesn’t even know what’s legal and what’s illegal anymore?”

Just in case you dirty low down black “Christian” males don’t get it…

Let’s make it even clearer:

 

 

Black males leave us alone.  You are disgusting beggars of attention and external validation from total strangers, you are nasty, uneducated, baby daddies, mama boys, ex-convicts, nasty, ugly, sexual deviants with nothing to offer decent women. In other words, you are pathetic losers imbued with a demonic spirit.

Siri Warns of Black “Christian” Male Street Harasser

Two Separate Conversations with Sunni Muslim Women: Black “Christian” Males Are Sexual Harassers and are Nasty

One day I was at a retail store when a younger (continental) African woman who worked there asked if I needed assistance. As I was looking for a scarf we discussed higher education. As the conversation progressed we discovered we had something else in common–black Christian males are disrespectful and continuously sexually harass Sunni Muslim women. Although I wear hijab and modest clothing and she doesn’t the result was the same. Interestingly, she referred to black “Christian” males as unattractive and thugs, and that she preferred white men, sentiments shared by many highly educated Sunni Muslim Black women.

Another conversation I had was with a Sunni Muslim Black woman from the West Coast. We met at an Islamic celebration and she revealed she was married to a white man who converted to Islam whom I met towards the end of the event. As we talked, I asked her why did she and her family move to Maryland. She stated the environment was not condiucive to raising a family and black (Christian) males sexually/street harassed her even when she had her chidren with her. Although she  is a covered, Sunni, practicing married woman, she too endured years of black male harassers. Knowing how ignorant and uncivilized black men are she was probably harassed for being in a interracial marriage. Why do black Christian males and women insist on imposing their insidious views on Sunni Muslim Black women who do not share religious or cultural beliefs with them and are at peace with their choices? It is because they have no peace, are unhappy and jealous and want to mock and destroy Sunni Muslim Black women who share little or nothing in common in common with them religious wise or culturally.

I must admit I was surprised that their family moved to Maryland/DC area where the same type of thugs persist. However, after discussing real estate and how her family can purchase farm land and be further away, I understood that in California it is nearly impossible to do so.

Interesting to note that these black male thugs do not bother Arab or South Asian Muslims because black males have a special hatred of seeing successful, religious women at peace. For some reason they harbor a special IDIOTIC and IRRATIONAL notion that skin pigmentation grants them a right to cat call, sexually harass and otherwise make women of color uncomfortable with their disrespectful and diabolical behavior. These sexual black “Christian” predators will rape you, assault you, invade your space, intercept your conversation, threaten you, call you out your name, molest you, try to embarrass you–yet wonder why you stay away and avoid their presence. This type of behavior gives credence to racists who promote the bell curve as black men do not act responsibly or with intelligence on a daily basis in civilized society. These deviants pillaged and devastated their own “black Christian” community (with health issues and illegitimate children/children they don’t care for) and now attempt to infiltrate the Sunni Muslim community with the same. We have our eyes on you (all of us). They mock G-d, modest, decent women and G-d’s creation, yet they think they have a right to G-d fearing women simply because we exist? Only demons believe such foolishness.

Two separate conversations, two different Sunni Muslim women of color, from two different parts of the world and the same problem: nasty, black “Christian” sexual/street harassers. They are a plague and are everywhere. God help us all.