The woman who was filmed being catcalled 108 times while walking the city streets has received rape threats online, according to the organization that sponsored the public-service announcement.
'The subject of our PSA is starting to get rape threats on the comments. Can you help by reporting them?' the group Hollaback! tweeted after a video showing aspiring actress Shoshana Roberts getting catcalled appeared on YouTube.
The PSA was filmed with a hidden camera and two microphones held by Roberts that picked up unsolicited comments from men like, 'Someone's acknowledging you for being beautiful - you should say thank you more.'
The 2-minute clip, which shows her strolling the streets for 10 hours during a day in August, has received more than 4 million comments on YouTube - some calling her names that are not suitable for print.
Emily May, cofounder and executive director of Hollaback!, said her office has received about 10 threatening phone calls - and Roberts has been hit with disturbing emails that she is reporting to the police from viewers.
'Unfortunately the behavior that we see on the streets, we also see online,' May told the Daily News. 'We were horrified by what we were seeing but we weren't shocked. It's part of the culture. It's part of something we're looking to change the root cause of so people aren't harrassing on the streets and on the Internet.'
Roberts did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
May is asking supporters to email, tweet and send screen shots of the nasty comments so her office can file police reports.
'It's obviousy really upsetting,' she said. 'Nobody wants to have to face this.'
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