Aspiring actress in ‘catcall’ video receiving rape threats
The woman who was filmed being catcalled 108 times while walking Manhattan streets has received rape threats online, according to the organization that sponsored the public service announcement.
Shoshana Roberts, an actress living in New York City, was catcalled 108 times while walking Manhattan streets in August.
“The subject of our PSA is starting to get rape threats on the comments. Can you help by reporting them?” the group Hollaback! tweeted after a video showing aspiring actress Shoshana Roberts getting catcalled appeared on YouTube.
The PSA was filmed with a hidden camera and two microphones that picked up unsolicited comments from men like, “Someone’s acknowledging you for being beautiful — you should say thank you more.”
The 2-minute clip, which shows her strolling the streets for 10 hours during a day in August, has received more than 4 million comments on YouTube — some calling her names that are not suitable for publication.
Emily May, co-founder and executive director of Hollaback!, said her office has received about 10 threatening phone calls — and Roberts has been hit with disturbing emails from viewers that she is reporting to the police.
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