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Catcalling

Catcalled

Aged 27, May 2025 I was on my lunch break from work. Shortly after leaving the office, I walk past a group of older men smoking at a bench. As I walked by, I could feel them looking at me and one of them said loudly “look at the ass on her!”. The group started laughing. I felt so...

Catcalled and Followed

Aged 35, 2025 I’ve been walking home on 2 occasions were drunk men have shouted inappropriate things. I ignored and carried on walking but the first man followed me. Luckily my husband was home to come and meet me. It happens all too much in Claremont. I worry for young girls who may be...

Catcalled

Grace Aged 21. 2025 Me and my run club girls where walking to our starting location for the run from our meet up spot, we were chatting and minding our own business when two men (late 40s) sat on a bench (close to the bar) wolf whistled and cat called us we just continued our chat and...

Catcalled

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...

Catcalled

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...

Catcalling and verbal abuse

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...

Catcalled

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...

Catcalled

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...

Catcalled

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...

Catcalled and chased

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...

Catcalled

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”.

Catcalled

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...