Street harassment definition
Street harassment means disrespectful, offensive, or threatening statements, gestures, or other conduct directed at an individual in a high-risk area without the individual’s consent and motivated by the individual’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, sex, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, or any other protected class identified in the Human Rights Act of 1977, effective December 13, 1977 (D.C. Law 2-38; D.C. Official Code § 2-1401.01 et seq.).
Examples of Street harassment in a sentence
Street harassment was first defined in the U.S. during the 1980s, and the discourse around street harassment was heavily affected by the fight to get workplace sexual harassment criminalized.