Montreal Hollaback! http://montreal.ihollaback.org End Street Harassment! Mettons fin à l'harcèlement! Sat, 25 May 2013 16:03:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 L’histoire de Marie: “Tu veux lacher ton velo et venir monter sur moi…on va s’amuser!” http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/05/20/lhistoire-de-marie-tu-veux-lacher-ton-velo-et-venir-monter-sur-moi-on-va-samuser-2/ http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/05/20/lhistoire-de-marie-tu-veux-lacher-ton-velo-et-venir-monter-sur-moi-on-va-samuser-2/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 19:58:04 +0000 montreal http://montreal.ihollaback.org/?p=742 j’avais 8 ans quand un jour je passe en velo devant une gang dado de 16-17 ans…il mont crier : heeeeyyyy cheerrrriiiee??? oui toi… tu veux lacher ton velo et venir monter sur moi..on va samuser!!!

mais cest quoi sa…javais 8 ans javais pas de forme rien ..jetais une enfant et on me crie sa…javais rien compris a se moment la.. mais aujourd hui je trouve sa tellement stupide que des gars qui sont proche detre des homme ..cris sa a une enfant…cest vraiment degueulase

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]]> http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/05/12/street-harassment-is-an-lgbtqia-issue-by-jae-cameron-of-hollaback-nyc/feed/ 0 “He took me behind the bush and showed me his penis.” http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/18/he-took-me-behind-the-bush-and-showed-me-his-penis/ http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/18/he-took-me-behind-the-bush-and-showed-me-his-penis/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:52:06 +0000 admin http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/15/new-submission-from-anonymous/ When I was very young, two older boys in the neighborhood asked me if I “wanted ice cream”. I said yes and one of the boys took me behind the bush and showed me his penis. I don’t remember exactly what happened after – I think I just ran home.
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]]> http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/18/he-took-me-behind-the-bush-and-showed-me-his-penis/feed/ 0 “But when they saw me smiling, they encircled me.” http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/15/but-when-they-saw-me-smiling-they-encircled-me/ http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/15/but-when-they-saw-me-smiling-they-encircled-me/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:00:41 +0000 admin http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/15/new-submission-from-malek/ Years ago, when I was in my early 20s, I was walking up St. Laurent to meet friends at a bar. A group of guys walked past and started hollering at me. I wasn’t intimidated so I laughed it off but when they saw me smiling, they encircled me. At that point, I became very afraid that something bad was going to happen because they were beginning to grab at me. When I started yelling and pushing them off, they scattered and I was relieved that it wasn’t worse.
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]]> http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/15/but-when-they-saw-me-smiling-they-encircled-me/feed/ 0 “Maybe being called out as a harasser in front of his friends took a little of the wind out of his sails.” http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/08/maybe-being-called-out-as-a-harasser-in-front-of-his-friends-took-a-little-of-the-wind-out-of-his-sails/ http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/08/maybe-being-called-out-as-a-harasser-in-front-of-his-friends-took-a-little-of-the-wind-out-of-his-sails/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:54:44 +0000 admin http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/08/new-submission-from-kira-poirier/ Continue reading →]]> I was walking down the sidewalk with a friend during our lunch break, when a group of teenagers walking the other direction approached us. One of them started coming closer and shouting something, trying to get our attention. At first I didn’t quite catch what he said, as my friend and I were immersed in our own conversation, so I looked at him a bit quizzically, maybe with a half-smile because I thought maybe he needed directions or wanted a cigarette or something. (My first inclination is always to be friendly to strangers – along with using old-timey colloquialisms, it’s one of the habits of my small-town upbringing that I can’t seem to shake.) Plus, it was such a nice sunny day, one of the first warm days of spring, so I thought maybe he was just feeling happy and being loud, as teenagers are wont to do! But then he repeated himself and as it turns out he had been shouting, “Donnez moi un sourire, les filles!” (“give me a smile, girls!”) so when I realized this I gave him the stink eye instead, but too late because I had already, unwittingly, done what he asked. As he passed, he shouted, “Un vrai sourire, avec les dents” (“A real smile, with teeth!”) so I turned around and yelled back “ça c’est le harcelement!” (“This is harassment!”)

He kept walking, but didn’t seem to be laughing as hard after that. Maybe being called out as a harasser in front of his friends took a little of the wind out of his sails. I sure hope so. I am almost 30 goddamned years old…old enough to be this little fellow’s mom, and yet he has so little respect for women that he feels entitled to interrupt two adult strangers to demand us to smile for him? Like, as if we would actually be wooed by this behaviour? Or maybe it was an attempt to exert power over us? Who knows. Either way, it stinks. No, son…just no. Here’s hoping that my attempt to publicly shame this little junior harasser by naming his behaviour what it was will be enough to make him question his ways and treat women with respect in future.

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]]> http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/04/08/maybe-being-called-out-as-a-harasser-in-front-of-his-friends-took-a-little-of-the-wind-out-of-his-sails/feed/ 7 Upcoming Event: Public debate organized by the Centre d’éducation et d’action des femmes http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/03/28/event-street-harassment-montreal-ceaf/ http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/03/28/event-street-harassment-montreal-ceaf/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:52:12 +0000 admin http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/03/28/new-submission-from-audrey-centre-deducatione-t-dactiond-es-femmes-de-montreal/ Continue reading →]]> Les lieux publics appartiennent à tous… ET À TOUTES! Pourtant, chaque jour, des femmes y sont la cible de comportements harcelants, parce qu’elles sont des femmes. Commentaires sexistes et dégradants, remarques déplacées sur l’apparence physique, sifflements, regards insistants, bruits de bisous, attouchements, etc. En collaboration avec l’artiste Conscience urbaine, des participantes du Centre d’éducation et d’action des femmes (le CÉAF) vous invitent à briser le silence autour de cette forme de violence sexiste quotidienne, trop souvent banalisée et tolérée, qui a des impacts concrets sur la vie de toutes les femmes. Le 11 avril, entre 13h30 et 15h30, prenez quelques minutes pour venir réagir, témoigner, exprimer votre opinion sur le sujet lors d’un débat public à l’extérieur de la station de métro Frontenac! Ce débat sera animé sous la forme d’un dispositif ”Porteur de paroles”, une action collective visant à stimuler les discussions autour d’enjeux socio-politiques. Vos paroles seront ensuite affichées quelques heures dans l’espace public en vue de nourrir le débat. Rallions-nous pour que toutes les femmes puissent circuler librement, à toute heure et en tout lieu, sans violence!
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]]> http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/03/28/event-street-harassment-montreal-ceaf/feed/ 0 Workshop – “Stand Up, Speak Out: Street Harassment and the role of bystanders” / Atelier – “Lève-toi, exprime-toi: le harcèlement dans la rue et le rôle des témoins” http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/03/25/workshop-stand-up-speak-out-street-harassment-and-the-role-of-bystanders-atelier-leve-toi-exprime-toi-le-harcelement-dans-la-rue-et-le-role-des-temoins/ http://montreal.ihollaback.org/2013/03/25/workshop-stand-up-speak-out-street-harassment-and-the-role-of-bystanders-atelier-leve-toi-exprime-toi-le-harcelement-dans-la-rue-et-le-role-des-temoins/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:25:20 +0000 montreal http://montreal.ihollaback.org/?p=668 cover2 copy jpg

 

Come take part in International Anti-Street Harassment week with us! We’re hosting a free, bilingual workshop on bystander intervention and we’d love to see you there.

When: Thursday, April 11th from 6:30 – 8:00 pm.

Where: Simone de Beauvoir Institute (2170 Bishop)

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Excellent article responding to the recent Steubenville verdict from Mia McKenzie of Black Girl Dangerous: http://blackgirldangerous.org/new-blog/2013/3/17/1g5wckiks8gpa0iahe4zc46go4awsu

…and one listing ways to educate men not to rape from Zerlina Maxwell of Ebony: http://www.ebony.com/news-views/5-ways-we-can-teach-men-not-to-rape-456/2#axzz2NvWjM7Ao

 

photo Image via Ms. Foundation for Women (https://www.facebook.com/MsFoundationforWomen)

 

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