Videos calling out sexual harassment will soon be hitting TVs and streaming services in the US, as well as the posters on New York taxis.

The videos are the brainchild of director Sigal Avin and Friends star David Schwimmer, and star celebrities including Sex And The City’s Cynthia Nixon. They were inspired by five films written by Avin in Israel.

“I realized that I really wanted to see what sexual harassment was instead of hearing about it and reading about it all the time,” Avin said. “There was nothing on it, everything was much more violent, or unreal, but there was nothing that showed the gray area of sexual harassment.”

Schwimmer said men “have a lot to learn”, which was not going to happen “without dialogue”.

“Men commit the vast majority of rapes, sexual assault and sexual harassment, so men have a special responsibility to do something about it and get involved,” he said.

Read more at The Cut.

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