TORONTO – A New Zealand newspaper sent a young model to walk the streets of Auckland to see how many times she was “catcalled,” and the results might be surprising to some.
Inspired by the now-famous anti-street harassment video 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman, the New Zealand Herald recreated the experiment and followed a young woman on the streets of Auckland.
After several hours of walking the streets of New Zealand’s largest city, with a population of just over one million, Nicola Simpson was approached twice.
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The video shows the 26-year-old professional model and yoga instructor walking past construction sites, through a park and standing on a corner of a busy intersection.
Unlike in New York City, where Shoshana B. Roberts was subjected to over 100 unsolicited comments, a few men gave Simpson lingering stares and one approached her to ask for directions.
The second man reportedly stopped the model to ask her if she was Italian and to tell her she looks nice, then apologized for stopping her.
Whereas in New York City, Roberts faced comments to likes of “Hey baby,” “What’s up girl?” “How you doing?” and “God bless you mami.”
–with a file from Irene Ogrodnik
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