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Girls’ rights charity Plan International UK warned harassment towards girls has become ‘normalised’

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[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I would wager that an additional two in five were oblivious to such harassment or contact.

As a young boy I was totally unaware when a man flashed me and my sister.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

Or, like me, you gave cat-callers the finger and just walked on without looking at them or even thinking about it until years later.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who had that routine nailed by the time I was thirteen.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

My earliest memory was bicycling around as a preteen and being cat called from a car

At the time I wasn't upset. Because I simply didn't understand. And so much was normalized I'm sure this is the case.

[–] Wimopy@feddit.uk 5 points 5 hours ago

Don't worry, I'm sure being harsher on trans and gender-nonconforming people will improve the situation! That will definitely help with girls and women feeling like they have to dress and act in certain ways to avoid unwanted behaviour!

Fuck's sake this sucks. I hope Labour's plan actually addresses some of the issues raised, but I do genuinely worry any gains will be offset by all the other negative trends in the country right now... And that's before considering Reform potentially gaining power. Urgh.