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Make street sexual harassment of women and girls a criminal offence.

Submitted on Monday 15th March 2021

Rejected on Monday 22nd March 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make street sexual harassment of women and girls a criminal offence.

Petition Details

Make street sexual harassment illegal, including, but not limited to:
1. Catcalling
2. Sexual comments
3. Following a woman with intent to harass
4. Unsolicited physical contact
This should be criminalised, with increased severity when underaged girls are involved.

Additional Information

Actions such as the aforementioned induce severe anxiety and fear for a woman upon so much as leaving home; at any point, they may be approached by a man making unsolicited sexual advances, whether they be through verbal or physical means. Disturbingly, young girls, often in school uniforms, are harassed. This is blatant paedophilia, with no repercussions whatsoever. Until some action is taken to punish those who conduct such actions, women and girls are perpetually afraid and unsafe.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578940

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