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Street Harassment
While there is no standardized definition for street harassment (yet), a working definition (updated March 2015) is: > Gender-based street harassment is unwanted comments, gestures, and actions forced on a stranger in a public place without their consent and is directed at them because of their actual or perceived sex, gender, gender expression, or sexual orientation. > Street harassment includes unwanted whistling, leering, sexist, homophobic or transphobic slurs, persistent requests for someone's name, number or destination after they've said no, sexual names, comments and demands, following, flashing, public masturbation, groping, sexual assault, and rape. If you have been a victim of street harassment, you can call the hotline at `855-897-5910` or chat online at the link below.