Why some people doubt new street harassment law will change behaviour
Being followed home on a night out, whistled at in the street or having sexual comments being shouted while running are unwanted but all too common experiences for many women.
Security staff from GO! Southampton carry out additional patrols in the city centre to support police. Ms Ellis-Gillard delivers sessions in schools where she talks to the boys separately about how street sexual harassment can affect young females. The BBC submitted Freedom of Information requests to Thames Valley, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Wiltshire and Dorset police forces to find out the number of street sexual offences over the past five years.
Plan-Uk, a charity that has been campaigning to make public sexual harassment an offence, thinks the law will help deliver justice to girls. At the University of Winchester, three women from the students' union met the BBC to speak about their experiences.Sal Fox, 21, Charlotte Baker, 22, and Emily Aldridge-Snell, 22, spoke to the BBC about their experiences
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