# Shoshana Roberts, a street walker (10 hours,) films herself being "harassed."

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**Created:** [October 29, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoshana-roberts-a-street-walker-10-hours-films-herself-being-harassed/702930 "2014-10-29T20:25:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoshana-roberts-a-street-walker-10-hours-films-herself-being-harassed/702930/651 "2014-11-04T00:41:14Z")

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> [@Nema98](#):
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> I did not know who really was behind the group and the idea for this video, I assumed it would be her. Now that you mention it, I think neither her nor the producers should get much attention. They made their point. I am not attacking her for being female or anything. Nothing wrong with acting for a video.
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> Not much attention was given to the woman who was shot and killed by a creep after she rejected his advances in Detroit.
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> That case needs attention, not this script.

The video has already been viewed 30 million times and has had numerous articles and media comments about it.

The video did bring some awareness to the Detroit shooting. It was mentioned in a discussion of the video on CNN. Here’s someone’s comments about the video from the thread in IMHO:

> [@Thoughts on the viral 'New York catcalling' video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-viral-new-york-catcalling-video/703179/143):
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> \<snip\>  
> CNN has a [conversation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HI4DC18wCg) between comedian Amanda Seales and author Steven Santagati on the topic that–sadly–is mirroring a lot of what we’re seeing here on the Dope. Can’t wait for a chorus of guys to tell us what a voice of reason the dude is.
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> Seales does address the “hello” issue, pointing out that she’s from Grenada, where saying “hello” is the polite thing to do, but…
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> Seales: “A lot of these men they’re not just saying hello. They say hello and when you say hello back, what that means is that’s an invitation to now holler at you.”
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> Wow, Santagati just told women to be strong and stand up for themselves if they want catcalling to stop. It’s like you guys all get a primer on how not to listen to women.  
> \<snip\>

After Santagati told Seales that women need to stand up for themselves, Seales mentions that a woman who stood up for herself was just shot for it in Detroit. He then told her that she should carry a gun.

Santagati also told Seales that women enjoyed compliments they got on the street. Despite Seales’ protesting that she doesn’t, he maintained his position.

Some commentary on that exchange:  
The headline to the _Huffington Post_ reaction to that video:  
[CNN Just Aired The Most Insane Reaction To The Catcalling Viral Video](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/02/cnn-catcalling-video-steve-santagati_n_6090534.html)

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