{"id":396,"date":"2023-01-11T21:23:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T02:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.stm-harcelement.nurunmtl.com\/?page_id=396"},"modified":"2023-06-12T08:50:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:50:28","slug":"street-harassment-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.temoinsagissons.ca\/en\/street-harassment-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Street harassment: what is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Two out of three people say they have experienced street harassment in Montr\u00e9al*<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For both targets and witnesses, street harassment has an impact on quality of life in public spaces. The first step to fighting it is knowing how to recognize it.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What is it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Offensive behavior from strangers including some things that you might see on a daily basis and that are often downplayed (such as whistling at someone in the street) and some things that are criminal acts (such as hitting someone). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This kind of violence may be directed at people based on factors like gender, nationality, skin colour, disability, age, sexual orientation, language or whether they are wearing religious attire.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What does it look like?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Unsolicited comments, body language or gestures that are intrusive, demanding or disrespectful and that harm, humiliate or socially exclude someone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Where can it happen?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In any public space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don\u2019t let the name fool you\u2014it can be confusing, but street harassment does not just happen in the street. It can happen in any public space, such as a park, bus stop, m\u00e9tro, bar, mall or museum.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Who is targeted?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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According to a recent research report*<\/a><\/sup>, the people most likely to be targeted by street harassment are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n