<i>When you call it sexual harassment it&#x27;s criminal.</i><p>IANAL, but if&#x2F;when this is eventually made criminal, urban construction will basically cease when they haul all the construction workers off to prison for catcalling. The reason the employer is involved is that the employer wants to avoid getting sued. On the street, there is no employer, and no one to care if remarks are made, so long as those remarks don&#x27;t constitute assault.