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In my final project, I wanted to explore the ways in which women react to catcalling. Many women, like me, tend to ignore the insulting slurs, either from fear of confrontation or of a physical escalation, or simply because they wish to not engage with degrading comments and rather go about their day.

Looking into the matter of street harassment I discovered that women choose to engage with catcallers in creative ways. They create cards, pamphlets, and forms that educate catcallers of the degrading and violent sexual harassment that exists within street harassment.

Other women tend to get involved with this type of harassment when they witness other women being catcalled. This social engagement not only helps protect the victim of the harassment, it also educates the catcaller that what they are doing is wrong, and it empowers the bystander in their role to create social change.

Creating this film, I learned the importance of getting involved when noticing street harassment. When we, as women, take back the ownership of our own bodies in public spaces, we change the paradigm that our bodies turn public in public spaces. We have the power to make this reality different, to change the misogynic and sexist environment of public spaces, and make our street safer for everyone.