Female perceptions of street harassment

Street harassment is sanctioned in many Western countries. However, there are few studies examining street harassment in Spain. After surveying 1659 women of different ages about street harassment, we observed that 1% of the women did not feel harassed at any time, while 32% indicated that they had suffered it on specific occasions, 31% indicated monthly experiences of harassment, 25% weekly experiences and 12% suffer it on a daily basis. Significant relationships are found between the reaction of the victim and the reaction of the harasser, and the type of harassment and the situation in which the harassment occurs. After the analysis, we conclude that qualitative methods are needed to deepen the explanatory mechanisms of street harassment, since this study is exploratory.