The actress who appeared in a video highlighting street harassment in New York City has received rape threats online, according to Hollaback, the organization which commissioned the short film.
The video, '10 hours of walking in NYC as a woman', was uploaded on Tuesday and has been viewed over a million times.
Shoshana B Roberts volunteered to be filmed secretly by a camera hidden in a backpack in front of her. The man carrying the backpack, Rob Bliss, came up with the idea after noticing the street harassment his girlfriend regularly faced.
While the video was produced by Bliss and Roberts, it was commissioned by Hollaback, an organization dedicated to ending street harassment across the world that mainly works with local activists.
Just a few hours after the video was published, Hollaback tweeted that Roberts had received rape threats on the comment board of the video's YouTube page.
Hollaback state that street harassment disproportionately impacts women, people of color, LGBT individuals and young people.
Shoshana said on Hollaback's website, "I'm harassed when I smile and I'm harassed when I don't. I'm harassed by white men, black men, latino men. Not a day goes by when I don't experience this."
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