Myth: Street harassment happens because of how we dress.

Truth: No it doesn’t. Street harassment happens to people wearing school uniforms, business suits, workout clothes, hijabs, winter coats, rain coats, saris, summer dresses, and jeans. Street harassment is about power and abuse of power, inconsiderateness, the performance of unhealthy definitions of masculinity, sexism, and sometimes it’s also about homophobia, transphobia, racism, classism, ablism and more.

Action: To help combat the myth that street harassment happens because of how we dress, the amazing activist group Must Bol, based in Delhi, India,  launched a website called “Got Stared At” for International Anti-Street Harassment Week.

They’re inviting people ANYWHERE who’ve been harassed in public to submit a photo of the clothing they were wearing when it happened. You can include a story about what happened or just send the photo.

So….what were you wearing when you got stared at or street harassed?