This Woman Is Taking Selfies With Every Man Who Catcalls Her

#1 Welcome to “dearcatcallers,” an Instagram account that Noa started for all the times she gets catcalled.

#2 The account documents the men who harassed Noa alongside what they said and did, and documents all the times Noa got catcalled in a month.

#3 What do the photos say?

By juxtaposing the catcallers' callous, unashamed grins with her own exhausted, painfully familiar expression, Jansma shows the world just how frequent, real, and disturbing these experiences are for women everywhere.

#4 Throughout the month of September, she took a selfie with every single creep who harassed her.

She uploaded them on Instagram, captioning each one with the words of her abusers.

#5 She took 24 photos of the moment she was catcalled by one or several men.

She posted these photos on her Instagram account, @dearcatcallers.

#6 She said.

"I thought men would be suspicious of me, that they would understand my motives when I was taking selfies with them. So I was kind of fearful."

#7 She added

"But most of the time they have their thumbs up, they're happy because they honestly think that they're complimenting me. They really didn't care about me. They never realized that I was unhappy."

She adds captions explaining how she was harassed.

#8 Slowly following me 2 streets shouting "sexy!" and "wanna come in my car?"

#9 Classic 2.0 "psssst, whoooooop, Can he have your number?"

#10 *Giggling + two thumbs up* softy whispers "yess bonita"

#11 "Wohoo look! *laughing and loud whistling*"

#12 "Hey beautiful, Why are you sad?" ~"I'm not sad" ~"Why don't you smile at me then? You're too sweet to be sad"

#13 "Ey sexy Chiquita! A donde vas sola?/Ey sexy girl, Where are you going alone?"

#14 "Mmmmmm beautiful sweet girl "

#15 The most uncomfortable part of this account, however, has to be how happy these men look in the pictures.

These men don’t realize that what they’re doing is wrong, and they don’t see the selfies as documenting harassment.

#16 They don’t feel shame because they don’t recognize that they should feel shame, and that’s the issue.

#17 Starting in January, catcalling will be punishable by a 190€ (about $220) in Amsterdam.

As Jansma notes, that law will likely be difficult to enforce, but it’s “symbolic,” and that’s important. Clearly, we still have a long way to go before these men aren’t allowed to hide their demeaning, objectifying behavior behind a shield of “but it’s a compliment.”

#18 Though her own experiment has ended.

She has opened the @dearcatcallers Instagram page for submissions in hopes of creating a global dialogue on the collective struggle women face.