Is catcalling really a problem? Some people might consider it complimentary, but for many women and girls it’s anything but. Often catcalling and other forms of street harassment can actually be quite frightening.

A 2015 Dublin City Council report into sexual harassment in Dublin, for example, showed that sexual harassment is a frequent and distressing occurrence for women and girls and that for many women walking the streets of Dublin, catcalling, wolf whistling, and being shouted at from cars is an everyday occurrence.

Sinead O’Carroll, news editor at TheJournal.ie, and University of Limerick professor of psychology, Orla Muldoon, join Kathy to discuss their own experience of harassment and why catcalling is, in fact, a problem.

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