#universal problem

[ilibonbella]

Taking your phone out of your pocket and randomly start fiddling with it when a bunch of men is walking towards you to not make eye contact with them issa thing

[streetharassmentgws-blog]

Reflection

Researching this topic has benefited me in many ways. I did not know of the term, “street harassment”; I knew that men whistled and made inappropriate comments to women, but I never knew it had a specific name to it. I always thought it was harassment itself. I also informed myself that this problem is not local: it is universal. Everyday, women are exposed to this type of environment and the streets are not safe for women to walk through, especially in urban areas.

I now view the world differently. I know who the victims are and the harassers. Men do not have power over women nor are they entitled to whistle, look, or make comments to women passing by. This is something to change, which brings me to my next point. I also know that there are activists who are trying to make a difference and change how our society views certain topics. Raising awareness plays a very important role in street harassment; it is a way that street harassment may be prevented or a way we can go about it. This blog serves for that purpose. Women do not let yourselves feel less or disrespected by strangers on the streets. Let us speak up and defend ourselves. Men speak up and know better. Let us make urban streets safe once again, and let women walk with such confidence.

-YO

[jordi-leagan-lom]

Because when I am walking to the store at night, and a guy  leans out of the window of a passing car to yell "Yeah, get it, Baby Girl!" at me, and I flip him off for the sexist commentary, I should not have to have my heart flip and my fingers tighten around the pepper spray in my fist because they are turning around as I cross the street to lean back out and yell "Fine, I love you, too!" as if I had offended them and not the other way around.

[doctor-queenie]

Why is it so hard to write porn?

[thisiscapture]

In a world of desperate need, we ask, “What can I possibly do about such overwhelming and universal problems?” We become so paralyzed by passivity through falling into the belief that these problems lie beyond the realm of control.

Truthfully, they’re far too big for one or two people, but perhaps a collective of people that love Jesus can radically change the world. I believe they can. We're invited, as the bride of Christ, to respond to the dismal state of the world: “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.” 

Join the movement :: Let’s be a collective of people who are world changers -- one life at a time. 

[lovely-enigmatic-lady]

I am majoring in English Language and Literature and I still can't help but read numbers in an English text in my native language. You know, "I am 18 years old." is always, I am onsekiz years old.  I think this is a universal problem among those who is not a native English speaker. And the moment I read them in English, I will be convinced that I have truly learned the language.