Policing catcalls doesn’t make women safer

When the authorities engage in this patronising behaviour towards women, they simply reinforce sexist attitudes

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When the authorities engage in this patronising behaviour towards women, they simply reinforce sexist attitudes

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Critics hit out at ‘bizarre social-psychology experiment’ and say officers should focus on enforcing existing laws

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Undercover female officers deployed in pilot scheme to tackle catcalling, resulting in 18 arrests

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Surrey Police sent two officers out running at rush hour to show the scale of harassment that women are facing.

dailymail.co.uk9 mesi fa

Activists have argued police should be using their resources to tackle criminal activity such as knife crime and theft - not…

dailymail.co.uk9 mesi fa

Viele Frauen meiden Joggingrunden, weil sie belästigt werden. Polizeibehörden in England haben jetzt mit „Jog On“ eine Kampagne…

faz.net8 mesi fa

The police are not just blindly enforcing the law; the state has favoured ideologies and communities, which it uses its power to…

telegraph.co.uk8 mesi fa