Half of young women and girls were harassed on Britain's streets during the summer, new research has found, Sky News reports. It also found that a fifth (19 percent) experienced harassment during the first national lockdown in spring. The groups are calling for the public sexual harassment of girls to be made a specific criminal offense, with the launch of a #CrimeNotCompliment campaign. Gemma has experienced public sexual harassment since she was 11. "That really brought home to me the fact that public sexual harassment is about power and that it really wasn't my fault."

Source: The Standard November 23, 2020 06:56 UTC