{"id":3006,"date":"2016-04-19T22:11:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T14:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/19\/women-are-tweeting-their-experiences-of-being-sexually-harassed-during-childhood\/"},"modified":"2016-04-19T22:11:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T14:11:58","slug":"women-are-tweeting-their-experiences-of-being-sexually-harassed-during-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/19\/women-are-tweeting-their-experiences-of-being-sexually-harassed-during-childhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Women are tweeting their experiences of being sexually harassed during childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wheniwas\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE5LzVlL3doZW5pd2FzLjUzNjc1LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/b8886f7d\/09f\/wheniwas.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Women+are+tweeting+their+experiences+of+being+sexually+harassed+during+childhood&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F19%2Fwhen-i-was-hashtag%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F19%2Fwhen-i-was-hashtag%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 Women are sharing their experiences of sexism, sexual harassment, sexual violence and discrimination they went through as minors using the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhenIWas?src=tren\">#WhenIWas<\/a> hashtag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The hashtag was started by the EverydaySexism project, which called on women to reveal how young they were when they first experienced sexism and sexual harassment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/12\/ariana-grande-sexist-facebook\/\">Ariana Grande claps back at a sexist Facebook commenter: &#8216;Get your head out of your ass&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alarmingly, some women have relayed accounts of sexual harassment occurring when they were just 6 and 8 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of women have shared their experiences using the hashtag \u2014 from accounts of sexual assaults to catcalling and harassment \u2014 and their disturbing accounts highlight just how early on sexual harassment begins. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/19\/when-i-was-hashtag\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/uk\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Uk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/lifestyle\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Lifestyle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/sexism\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Sexism<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/sexual-assault\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Sexual Assault<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/sexual-violence\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Sexual Violence<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/rlY2_IE3FNE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 Women are sharing their experiences of sexism, sexual harassment, sexual violence and discrimination they went through as minors using the #WhenIWas hashtag.\u00a0 The hashtag was started by the EverydaySexism project, which called on women to reveal how young &hellip; 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