Two women turning the tables on catcallers

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
VIDEO: Women turning the tables on catcallers
Two women are bringing a new awareness to catcalling by exposing what it?s like to walk around as a woman in a big city.

From the streets of New York City to the sidewalks of Philadelphia, women getting catcalled and whistled at is nothing new.

But two women are bringing a new awareness to catcalling by exposing what it's like to walk around as a woman in a big city.

Shoshanna Roberts walked around New York City with a hidden camera to help expose what happens to her every day.

Over a period of 10 hours, she is catcalled more than 100 times and the video is now going viral with many calling this behavior shocking and appalling.

Roberts says it comes from men of all backgrounds and walks of life.

Her firsthand view is now a PSA for the non-profit group Hollaback which raises awareness for street harassment.

And this behavior doesn't just happen in New York City.

Photographer Hannah Price was living in Philadelphia when she began snapping portraits of men who catcalled her.

Her goal was to flip the script on her catcallers, so she turned the camera lens to the people who approached her on the streets of Philadelphia.

The series is called "City of Brotherly Love."

"Its definitely reversing the power from the male gaze and bringing a gaze on them and their actions and giving me all the power," Price said.

Her exhibit was featured at the art gallery at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in Galloway Township.

She says the goal is not to shame but to engage and educate anyone who looked at her photos.

To view more of Hannah Price's photography, visit her website: http://hannahcprice.com/index.html