Vol. 8, Issue 2, Part C (2022)

Abstract
Street harassment has long been a problem faced by women globally. Street harassment is a sexual harassment that involves unwanted comments, staring, whistling and strangers walking with women in public areas. This kind of behaviour is disrespectful to women and is a disturbing act against women. To construct this paper interviewed 116 working women in Tumkur city and gathered information on street harassment. Findings of this study revealed that, some have shared that they faced street harassment when they commute to their work places. Some of them have been responded in the face of harassment, others have been silent and they had to deal with harassment and afraid to share it with their family members. They faced harassment while waiting for buses at bus stops in the evenings and sharing autos. If there is a desire for police surveillance in less crowded areas meanwhile if the offender is punished severely, it can be reduced.