Woman of the Street

The video below is a trailer for a Belgian documentary about sexual harassment on the streets of Brussels. No one should be surprised at the culturally-enriched aspects of the experiences this woman had to endure.

Many thanks to Michael Laudahn for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:


Transcript:

0:06		Two years ago I moved to Brussels.
0:10		They say about big cities that people no longer talk with each other in the streets.
0:16		But this was not quite so.
0:21
0:54		[male suggestion inaudible]
0:55		(F) [No] Thank you.
0:56		(M) Are you all right?
0:57		(F) Pardon?
0:58		(M) Are you all right?
0:59		(F) I'm all right.
1:00		(M) Are you heading for lunch?
1:01		(F) Yes.
1:02		[inaudible, probably suggestion to accompany her]
1:03		(F) No, thank you.
1:04		[inaudible, another suggestion]
1:05		(F) No, thank you.
1:06		(M) Whyyy? [probably more which can't be heard]
1:08		(F) Huh - yes, a little. This is molesting, in fact.
1:10		(M) Where are you from?
1:12		(F) I'm from Brussels, but this is molesting.
1:14		(F) Pardon?
1:15		(F) No phone, no.
1:16		(M) How could we be together?
1:18		(F) No thank you.
1:19		[another proposal to go to his home and have coffee, as far as I can hear]
1:23		(F) Don't you understand? I don't want to.
1:26		etc [denigrating sounds, remarks]
1:32		(Tramp)
1:34		(Whore)