--- title: Woman From Viral Harassment Video Is Now Receiving Death, Rape Threats description: A woman featured in a video that showed her being harassed as walked the streets of New York City has received at least 10 death and rape threats canonical: https://time.com/3546851/street-harassment-video-death-threats/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-29T20:59:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:14.113Z og:title: Woman From Viral Harassment Video Is Now Receiving Death, Rape Threats og:description: A woman featured in a video that showed her being harassed as walked the streets of New York City has received at least 10 death and rape threats og:url: https://time.com/3546851/street-harassment-video-death-threats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7cf5b66fec698ab/6987631e55a85941d0a83797/new-york-walking.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2091 og:image:height: 1176 og:image:alt: new-york-walking og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Woman From Viral Harassment Video Is Now Receiving Death, Rape Threats twitter:description: A woman featured in a video that showed her being harassed as walked the streets of New York City has received at least 10 death and rape threats twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd7cf5b66fec698ab/6987631e55a85941d0a83797/new-york-walking.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Woman in That Viral Street Harassment Video Got Death and Rape Threats > Sponsored content. 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Some of the threats have gone directly to Shoshanna Roberts’ personal email accounts, the _Wall Street Journal_ reports. The video, “[10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XGPvbWn0A),” had over 8.1 million views on YouTube as of late Wednesday afternoon, and many derogatory comments—including one that says “this is exactly why women aren’t supposed to leave the kitchen.” Despite the backlash, the video, which was created by the anti-street harassment organization “Hollaback!”, has become the latest fodder in an ongoing conversation about street harassment. 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