Street Harassment

  • NewsYahoo Life

    Three Drunks on Train Harass Woman in Hijab, Commuters Do Nothing

    UPDATE: Yasmin Seweid has been charged with falsely reporting a hate crime. New York City police are seeking more information about men who harassed a young woman in a hijab on the subway this week. Yasmin Seweid, an 18-year-old business student, was verbally harassed by the men as she waited for a train on the platform, according to the New York Daily News.

  • NewsJihan Forbes

    Yet Another Woman Is Attacked After Trying to Ignore Catcallers

    Pagan-Lilley Motlagh-Phillips, who was attacked by a man who couldn’t bear to be ignored. Motlagh-Phillips says that she ignored the men, opting not to respond, but her silence further angered the driver, and according to her he demanded a response. Motlagh-Phillips said the man then drove down the road only to come back up toward them.