Street harassment is a human rights issue since victims have a limited desire to be in public. Many victims have high levels of fear in locations like restaurants, public transportation, streets, parking lots, and parks. In a 2014 survey of street harassment in America, half of the victims were harassed by age 17. Unfortunately, I have also been a victim of street harassment. At the time, I was 15 years old. I was waiting for my father to pick me up after school when two men approached me. One of the told me his number and said, "Give me a call babe, ok? Do you believe in interracial relationships?" After I ignored his comments he yelled "Hello" in my face. He found his attempt to engage to be ineffective and finally walked away. This experience has caused me to have a fear of men. I have lost all my trust in them. After my experience with street harassment, I don't even feel safe at my own school. I have had several other experiences after that. There are many ways people can deal with harassment, however, everyone has a different approach. Many victims go for the silent approach, but some are more verbal. More victims are starting to fight back against street harassment. They believe that if the harassers are annoying them, then they have the right to be annoying back. In the end, whatever you choose to do is the right choice. Now, let's put and end to street harassment.
In the making of this post, I have utilized some of Zinsser's teachings. One of these teachings is adjectives. This can be seen in my first sentence where I wrote "a global problem." Originally, the phrase read "a serious problem." However, I figured that problems are generally considered to be serious, so the word "serious" would become an unnecessary adjective. Another one of Zinsser's teachings that I followed was little qualifiers. In my writing, I attempted to remove any words that would take away from my writing. For instance, in my first sentence I was going to write, "Street harassment is a global problem that is often overlooked." In order to strengthen this claim, I chose to remove the word. Finally, I utilized the concept of sexism. Instead of writing "women", I substituted the word "victims" to generalize my statements as victims were made up of men and LGBT individuals as well.
In the making of this post, I have utilized some of Zinsser's teachings. One of these teachings is adjectives. This can be seen in my first sentence where I wrote "a global problem." Originally, the phrase read "a serious problem." However, I figured that problems are generally considered to be serious, so the word "serious" would become an unnecessary adjective. Another one of Zinsser's teachings that I followed was little qualifiers. In my writing, I attempted to remove any words that would take away from my writing. For instance, in my first sentence I was going to write, "Street harassment is a global problem that is often overlooked." In order to strengthen this claim, I chose to remove the word. Finally, I utilized the concept of sexism. Instead of writing "women", I substituted the word "victims" to generalize my statements as victims were made up of men and LGBT individuals as well.
