--- title: Sexual Harassment, Cat-calling in Buenos Aires Can Be Fined description: Cat-calling and other forms of sexual harassment in Buenos Aires could now be punishable by a fine, the city council voted on Wednesday. canonical: https://time.com/4595878/catcalling-buenos-aires/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-08T22:00:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:04.617Z og:title: Catcalling Is Now Punishable by a Fine in Buenos Aires og:description: Argentina's capital city council passed the new bill og:url: https://time.com/4595878/catcalling-buenos-aires/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95ad537d84fdf968/6988b263bc6cfc27df3df8b1/buenos-aires-city-council-cat-calling-street-harassment-bill1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4928 og:image:height: 2772 og:image:alt: buenos aires city council cat-calling street harassment bill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Catcalling Is Now Punishable by a Fine in Buenos Aires twitter:description: Argentina's capital city council passed the new bill twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95ad537d84fdf968/6988b263bc6cfc27df3df8b1/buenos-aires-city-council-cat-calling-street-harassment-bill1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Catcalling Is Now Punishable by a Fine in Buenos Aires > Sponsored content. 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EITAN ABRAMOVICH—AFP/Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Dec 8, 2016 10:00 PM UTC Catcalling and other forms of sexual harassment in Buenos Aires can now be [punishable by a fine](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38252462), the city council voted on Wednesday. Transgressions including “direct or indirect comments referring to a person’s body” could warrant a fine of up to 1,000 pesos (over $60), BBC reports. The council voted unanimously to pass the bill, which will also create educational campaigns to make clear what constitutes harassment and how bystanders can intervene, [_Broadly_ reports](https://broadly.vice.com/en%5Fus/article/you-can-now-get-fined-for-street-harassment-in-argentina?). “Some forms of sexual harassment in public are accepted as a traditional part of our culture,” Pablo Ferreyra, the lawmaker who supported the bill, said in remarks reported by the BBC. “That should not be a reason to tolerate this abuse.” Other punishable crimes under the bill include non-consensual physical contact, indecent exposure, public masturbation and pursuing and cornering, [_AFP_](http://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/buenos-aires-fines-public-sex-harassment/) _reports._ > [](https://twitter.com/PabloRFerreyra/status/806558784478920704) The measure is a victory for Argentina’s feminist activists, largely coinciding with the Ni Una Menos (Not One Less) movement. Calls for reform and addressing street harassment have increased since October, when [16-year-old Lucia Perez](http://time.com/4538241/argentina-protest-lucia-perez-teenager/) was raped and killed, prompting massive demonstration. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38252462)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4595878/catcalling-buenos-aires/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4595878/catcalling-buenos-aires/"},"headline":"Catcalling Is Now Punishable by a Fine in Buenos Aires","datePublished":"2016-12-08T22:00:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:04.617Z","description":"Argentina's capital city council passed the new bill","url":"https://time.com/4595878/catcalling-buenos-aires/","keywords":["motto","Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95ad537d84fdf968/6988b263bc6cfc27df3df8b1/buenos-aires-city-council-cat-calling-street-harassment-bill1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95ad537d84fdf968/6988b263bc6cfc27df3df8b1/buenos-aires-city-council-cat-calling-street-harassment-bill1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"buenos aires city council cat-calling street harassment bill","caption":"buenos aires city council cat-calling street harassment bill","creditText":"EITAN ABRAMOVICH—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4595878/catcalling-buenos-aires/","name":"Catcalling Is Now Punishable by a Fine in Buenos Aires"}}]}] ```