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Viral video shows woman getting catcalled walking streets of Manhattan

Some of the interactions were disturbingly aggressive.

By Scott Smith
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NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A viral video of a woman walking the streets of Manhattan for 10 hours depicts more than 100 catcalls from leering men, according to a group hoping to end street harassment of women.

Shoshana Roberts, the actress in the video, says this is a typical experience for women walking in New York. Her boyfriend, Rob Bliss, recorded the interactions with a hidden camera in his backpack as he walked in front of her.

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Some of the interactions get a little aggressive, including one man who walks beside Roberts for five minutes. Another man walks next to her for several blocks, giving her a hard time for ignoring him.

The pair recorded and posted the roughly 2-minute video for the organization Hollaback! to raise awareness about street harassment of women.

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