After being catcalled for so many times, she decided to take selfies with 'Catcallers'

One of most embarrassing things for women is getting catcalled on the street. Unfortunately, not all men understand that how much uncomfortable a woman can get when some non sense comments are passed.

20-year-old Amsterdam-based student Noa Jansma was pretty fed up with being catcalled, and decided to do something about it. Throughout the month of September, she took a selfie with every single creep who harassed her and uploaded them on Instagram, captioning each one with the words of her abusers.


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Here are some things said by her about her experience during an interview with BuzzFeed News.

"I thought men would be suspicious of me, that they would understand my motives when I was taking selfies with them. So I was kind of fearful," she said.

"But most of the time they have their thumbs up, they're happy because they honestly think that they're complimenting me. They really didn't care about me. They never realized that I was unhappy," she added.

"Of course, my safety is more important than this project," she said. "I didn't take photos when I was catcalled in the dark, in little streets."

 

Most of the messages Jansma received have been positive. She also noticed that some men thanked her for opening their eyes to the problem.

 

But she has also been harassed online."I've been called an attention whore or a liar," she said.

 

"This project also allowed me to handle catcalling: They come in my privacy, I come in theirs. But it's also to show the outside world that this is happening so often," she said.

 

Though she has stopped taking pictures, she'd like to hand over the reins to other women, in Europe and around the world, to continue this project.

h/t : BoredPanda, dearcatcallers