10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in discussions of street harassment as an illustration of what women experience in public.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2017 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Cites no897nhtoeui · 2017-08 · on “An 80s Girl Talks About Computers: A Reminiscence”
> 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]
Cites maym86 · 2018-08 · on “France Bans Street Harassment, Approving Hefty Fines for Catcallers”
> 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]
Cites js2 · 2019-12 · on “37-Year-Old Mom Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl”
> it's very complicated to fully understand what women goes through. “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman” [this video]
Cites js2 · 2021-08 · on “On the link between great thinking and obsessive walking”
> 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]