"Catcalling" - Spd Wants Verbal Harassment to Become Punishable

Deutschlandfunk

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Verbal sexual harassment, the so-called "Catcalling", is to be punished according to the wishes of the SPD.

Der Tagesspiegel

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The SPD parliamentary group also wants to make verbal sexual harassment, so-called "Catcalling", punishable. Fraktionsvize Eichwede first holds the possibility of a fine.

Zeit Online

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"Catcalling" includes obscene gestures, calls and insults, mostly from men against women. At the moment this is not punishable. The SPD wants to close this gap.

Frankfurter Allgemeine

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Sexually suggestive gestures and insults in public spaces, mostly of men against women – for so-called catcalling, the SPD is planning a new criminal offence.

Welt

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If, for example, a person is whistled or stared at, then the so-called "Catcalling" is called. The SPD wants to put an end to such and similar overcrowding behaviors and put them under punishment.

n-tv.de

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Subtle remarks or gestures can be traumatizing. But in Germany this behavior, which usually comes from men, is not punishable. The SPD wants to change this.