Kestrel, Aged 17 16/07/2024 I was sat in the restaurant near a window eating with my best friend before going to watch some of our friends in a college performance. I’m autistic so I sometimes stare into nothing – this was happening when some random older guy blew a kiss at me...
L, aged 28 2024 Whilst walking alone down the street, I had my earphones in but nothing playing. As I walked past a garage 4 men who appeared to work there came out of the workshop and began shouting me “OI, HEY, LOVE” repeatedly. I continued to walk, pretending my earphones meant I could...
Under 30 2023 I am the daughter of a farmer and was brought up in the culture. You don’t know what it’s like until you’re in it and believe me, it’s gotten worse but how much of that is due to the industry we are in? My world is farming and I hate it – I suffered catcalling and...
Skye, aged 15 December 2023 I was walking through town in my school uniform on the way home. It wasn’t very late but was very dark due to how late it was in the year. A man I was walking past began yelling at me and so I removed one of my headphones to check it wasn’t...
Aged 17, 2024 I was walking home a bit drunk and this man just comes up to me and is like, ‘oh, you’re very pretty’. So I was like, ‘thank you’ and walked a bit faster, just trying to get ahead and he kept asking how old I was and if I was single and I was just...
Tamzin White, Aged 24 2024 I was walking to work on my usually route along West Park Drive. The same men drive past EVERY other day without fail. At first I put it down to the time of day being the same each day but I’ve recently changed hours and they seem to know if it’s an 11am I’m in...
RK, Aged 14 2006/7 Builders were working on the school on Church Street leading up to the Blue Room and I was walking into town to meet friends. I’ve always had a big chest and as they were high up they were staring down my top and shouting things about my chest and asking me to go...
Aged 15 2022 When I was walking to my boyfriend’s house for the first time a man with his top off on a bike started to look at me across the road smiling. I smiled back but he must have taken that for something else and he rode his bike behind me for a minute and then went in front...
Jess, Aged 18
2024
Followed around the shop by male farmers during farmers’ weekend. Made comments about my hair and my body asking if I’d like “a go”.
Jessica Aged 26 I walked past a building site (scaffolding on a house) and one of the scaffolders shouted “you alright you love? I could do with a woman like you on this building site.” It instantly killed my mood. I was just trying to walk to school to pick up my son. Things like this...
2023
Aged 17
I was followed by an older man, who kept saying he “just wanted to talk and say hello” while catcalling me.
2024 Aged 16 I was walking home from college when I saw two men approach on a narrower part of the pavement. When closer one of them said “I’ll let you past” followed by “I’ll let you past any day of the week” and “especially with that blue hair” and something else I couldn’t make out as...
Nicole, aged 23 2018 On a night out, on the phone to my boyfriend and two very young men walked passed. One lifted my dress whilst the other slapped my bum REALLY hard that it set me off straight away. I started following them back with one heel in hand as they ran away. However a gang of...
Nicole, aged 30 2023 Just on my way to work and a delivery guy was going into a car with another guy. As I was walking past, he wolf-whistled and I remember hearing it but when it’s happened so often before you just drown it out and ignore it completely. However, because I ignored this...
Aged 32 2023 I had just come out the shop, had my headphones in but nothing playing. I walked past two older men sat on the wall outside the shop. They must have assumed I couldn’t hear them as they both loudly commented on my body and saying revolting things they would like to do...