Jessica Valenti of Feministing has a great video blasting public perverts, guys who expose themselves to women and girls in public. I had no idea this was an issue until talking about it with some of my female friends. In NYC it's a common occurence. It's not just guys harassing women; it's public masturbation in full view on subways, guys rubbing themselves off on women's bodies in crowds.

A while back my wife suprised me by telling me that she gets harassing comments almost every day she goes to work. I had no idea. She hasn't had anything extreme, but there's no reason she shouldn't be able to walk to work and not have to deal with a-holes making comments about her body and intimidating her.

If you ain't seen it yet, check out Hollaback.blogspot.com. The site advocates and posts images of harassing men, in the hopes of exposing these pervs to the public and asserting an expectation of safety.