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10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman

52.7M views · Oct 28, 2014 · 1:57 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2017–2021

A short viral video of a woman walking through New York City for ten hours while being filmed receiving street harassment. It was made to illustrate catcalling.

Why Hacker News points people here: Cited in discussions of street harassment as an illustration of what women experience in public.

What Hacker News said 4

Cites itno897nhtoeuiAug 2017

Women harassed constantly while walking in New York City.

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> That's so blatant that I have a hard time believing it. That's what I thought about those videos of guys following a woman around as she walked down the streets of New York City minding her own business.[0] I had never witnessed that sort of thing and thought, "There's no way this goes on that often or I'd see it." And yet, dozens of female friends confirmed that it happens all the time. I was like, "Why have you never mentioned this?" They just said it happens too often and there's not a lot you can do about it, plus half the time other people don't believe you. [0] this video

in “An 80s Girl Talks About Computers: A Reminiscence” · view on HN
Cites itmaym86Aug 2018

Illustrates street harassment women face daily.

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> If you greet someone and smile, and they interpret your greeting or your smile as sinister, does this law make you a criminal? No that's not harrasment. You're reducing a clear issue that women face daily to your concern about being falsly accused over a smile. this video

in “France Bans Street Harassment, Approving Hefty Fines for Catcallers” · view on HN
Cites itjs2Dec 2019

Illustrates what women experience walking in public.

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> it's very complicated to fully understand what women goes through. “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman” this video

in “37-Year-Old Mom Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl” · view on HN
Cites itjs2Aug 2021

Offered as evidence women feel vulnerable outside.

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> Women have been, for valid reasons and patriarchal overprotectiveness, been trained to feel vulnerable and exposed when walking outside. Been trained? “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman”: this video

in “On the link between great thinking and obsessive walking” · view on HN