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When is a catcall not “just” a catcall? Every. Single. Time. Sexual harassment comes in many forms, but the most widespread is gender-based harassment in public spaces, often referred to as street harassment. Many don’t take street harassment seriously as a form of violence, but that’s a mistake. Catcalls and wolf whistles are not compliments; they are not about desire or appreciation. Like other forms of gender-based abuse, they are a means of humiliation, domination and control. And they always include the threat of possible physical violence. Street harassment is a near-universal experience for women and gender-nonconforming people. According to the advocacy group Stand Up Against Street Harassment, 78 percent of the world’s women experience it, and lest you think otherwise, it’s 78 percent for American women, too. It happens in the city; it happens in the country. It happens when we walk alone at night; it happens in packed subway cars in the midd

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