NEW YORK CITY — West Michigan native Rob Bliss put on a backpack to experience a day's worth of catcalling in the city.
But it wasn't Bliss, well-known as the man behind Grand Rapids' lip dub, Zombie Walk and other eccentric ventures, who received the brunt of whistles and taunts. A camera concealed inside the bag captured a woman being catcalled at least 100 times during the course of 10 hours on the streets of New York, according to a nonprofit group working to end street harassment.
...Volunteer Shoshana Roberts, according to the group, Hollaback!, walked Manhattan wearing jeans and a T-shirt. Throughout her journey, men took notice and talked to Roberts. One man said, "Hello, beautiful."
Another leered, "Damn, girl!"
....The video was created by Bliss' agency, Rob Bliss Creative, for Hollaback!, which claims between 70 and 99 percent of women are harassed while walking down the street at some point during their lives.
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Yeah, there sure are a lot of fair haired northern and western Anglo-Saxons among the tormentors.
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