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CONTENT WARNING Please note that this website contains quotes and recollections relating to incidents of street harassment and assault. If you prefer not to view this content, please stay on this page and avoid going into the individual artwork pages which contain more detailed accounts.

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We ended up taking a longer route home

I was outside tescos with my mum and a man we did not know in a car pulled up and kept insisting that he wanted to drive us home

by katyalawder 26th Aug 20211st Sep 2021

He started to chase me

Name: AishleyAge: 16Location: Church Street “ I was in town in my school uniform, it was dark in winter and the shops had closed, I was waiting to be picked up by my mum. A man followed me through town. I started to take strange routes to lose him but he followed me everywhere. I…

by stephaniecottle 26th Aug 20211st Sep 2021

He sped up and slowed down when I did

I was followed for at least 10 minutes by a man who did not try to hide what he was doing. He sped up and slowed down when I did, he took every turn and entered every shop I did

by mgianfrancesco 26th Aug 20211st Sep 2021

He sat as close as he could to my 16 year old granddaughter

A man aged 60+ sat as close as he could to my granddaughter at a bus-stop and discussed virtual sites where people have virtual sex and encouraging her to get on there.

by mgianfrancesco 26th Aug 20211st Sep 2021

I was unable to distinguish who the offender was

In Revolution bar, a man grabbed my backside but I was unable to distinguish who the offender was in the crowd.

by knittazwithattitude 25th Aug 20211st Sep 2021

He was asking if we wanted to party, trying to get us to go with him back to his flat

My friend and I were walking to the cinema when an older man came running across the road to us and was asking what our names were, how old were we, where we were going.

by knittazwithattitude 24th Aug 20211st Sep 2021

I told them I was a child and they said “even better”

A group of men on a stag do approached me and asked me to have sex with me/ take me back to their hotel room. I told them I was a child and they said “even better”

by knittazwithattitude 24th Aug 20211st Sep 2021

I never spoke up for fear of seeming ‘frigid’

I was in year 8, secretly dating a year 11 as he wanted it kept a secret. He’d insult me if asked about us.

by katyalawder 24th Aug 20217th Sep 2021

The bouncers presumed that I knew the man by the way that he was shouting at me

I was walking home from work late at night when a man started shouting at me aggressively (other side of the road from the Belle Vue). He was clearly intoxicated. I crossed the road and asked the bouncers if I could go into the Belle Vue to use the c cabs phone at the door to ring a taxi.

by Norma Foulds 24th Aug 20216th Sep 2021

No way have I just been groped by a 14 year boy

No way have I just been groped by a 14 year boy in maccies in Preston

by knittazwithattitude 23rd Aug 202130th Sep 2021

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