New submission from Surbhi Baveja

Okay, So Street Harassment, something so normal now. Getting cat-called in the society is mostly faced by women.
Its a kind of confession but earlier I used to feel a little proud that I’m gaining someone’s attention. But as I grew, I realized that these are not compliments, this is harassment. Our society is quite messed up. Sex and power are all messed up. A lady just wants herself to be considered worthy. But “worthwhile” for ladies tends to mean “sexually worthy”, in the society’s eyes.
I faced this kind of harassment the moment I stepped out of my house to meet a friend. As I opened the gate and took a few steps forward, two guys on a bike, passed on some very dirty remarks and fled away. It was so humiliating.
I felt so unsafe even in front of my own house.
In another incident, a man whistled at me, went across the road and started masturbating. I was so terrified and ran as fast as I could! I was so helpless. The whole lane was isolated and it took me another 15 minutes to find an auto. Finally I did, and I don’t know how many times I thanked God. I still get goosebumps when I think about this incident. After encountering such incidents, I strongly feel that Hollaback is important! This behavior is implicitly menacing and tormenting. I definitely support this movement.

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