10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman
Screenshot from the video
Directed byRob Bliss
StarringShoshana Roberts
Distributed byHollaback!
Release date
  • October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)
Running time
1:54
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman is an October 2014 video created for Hollaback! by Rob Bliss Creative featuring 24-year-old actress Shoshana Roberts. The video shows Roberts walking through various neighborhoods of New York City, wearing jeans, a black crewneck T-shirt, with a hidden camera recording her from the front. The two-minute video includes selected footage from ten hours, showcasing what has been described as "catcalls" and street harassment of Roberts by men, reporting there were 108 such instances. The behaviors included people saying "hello" or "good morning", comments on Roberts' appearance, attempts to initiate conversation, angry remarks, and men following her for several minutes.[1][2][3][4][5] As of September 2021, the video has received over 50 million views on YouTube.[6]

  1. ^ Sieczkowski, Cavan (October 28, 2014). "Watch This Woman Receive 100 Catcalls While Walking Around For A Day". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference wapo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Alter, Charlotte (October 28, 2014). "Watch This Woman Get Harassed 108 Times While Walking in New York City". Time Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  4. ^ Grinberg, Emanuella (October 29, 2014). "What 10 hours of street harassment in NYC looks like". CNN. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Ryan, Andrew (29 October 2014). "Now Trending: Woman harassed more than 100 times walking streets of New York". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  6. ^ "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman". Youtube. Rob Bliss Creative. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2021.