A Paris metro train (Illustration). – ISA HARSIN / SIPA
The video generated over 1.3 million views on TikTok. A young Parisian, whose username is
@ssk_officiel, decided to denounce the sexist and displaced behavior experienced daily in public transport by a large number of women, by posting on the platform a scene that she filmed in the metro in Paris.
In a video entitled “To be in a skirt in Paris or to be in a skirt” posted a few days ago on the social network, we see the young woman in a train of line 2 of the Paris metro, arriving at the Barbès-Rochechouart stop. Sitting in front of her, a group of three boys who keep looking at her, and making comments among themselves, obviously on her dress. ” There is a problem ? », Then launches the young woman. “Okay, well if there is no problem, you look elsewhere,” she adds, without eliciting a reaction from the boy group.
Many messages of support
“They were just staring at me all the way up and down,” the young woman later told TikTok, explaining that off camera, “their behavior had been worse.” “Whatever the outfit, nothing justifies the perverse looks […]. Denounce, divulge, that’s what we must continue to do, ”added the author of the video, which used the song as a soundtrack. Stand Up by Cynthia Erivo, cover on TikTok
by the movement “97%”, to denounce the sexual harassment after the death of Briton Sarah Everard.
Many Internet users were keen to support the young woman. “Are we talking about the guts she had?” For some, it’s not much, but for most girls it takes a lot of courage, ”responded a user. “We all go through the same thing, it gets really exhausting,” wrote another TikTok user.
As a reminder, sexist outrageWhich “consists in imposing on a person a statement or a behavior with a sexual or sexist connotation, which attacks his dignity or exposes him to a painful situation” is punishable by 90 to 1,500 euros, in the event of aggravating circumstance, and 3,000 euros in the event of a repeat offense.