"A girl in Pakistan described hiding sexual abuse for the sake of "family honour". A woman in Brazil was harassed by three men who tried to drag her into their car when she ignored them. In Germany, a woman had her crotch and bottom groped so frequently she described it as "the norm". In Mexico, a university student was told by her professor: "Calladita te ves mas bonita" (you look prettier when you shut up). In Israel, a teacher with a master's degree who speaks six languages was told she "wasn't a good enough homemaker for my future husband". In France, a man exposed himself to 12- and 16-year-old sisters as they tried to picnic in a public park. On a bus in India, a woman was too afraid to report the man pressing his erect penis into her back."
-taken from the everyday sexism project
Although this post comes pretty late, I would love to congratulate the everyday sexism project for completing a year. Despite tons of hate mail (we all know how harsh they can get), and lack of initial funding, the everday sexism project is extremely successful in collating women's routine experiences of prejudice and harassment. Some of the posts are extremely horrifying and appalling and some of the posts are extremely commonplace. And people continue to ask why we need feminism.
Resources
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2013/apr/16/everyday-sexism-project-shouting-back
http://www.everydaysexism.com/
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