in just ten hours, shoshanna roberts said she got cat called more than 100 times. >> i'm so fed up. that was a tip came day. it really was. it's an days less, some days mo. >> reporter: every day? >> yes. >> reporter: from the ladies on "the view." >> when they become weird like that one guy following her for so long, it's so scary. >> reporter: to the twitter sphere. this walk down the streets of new york is parking a national conversation. >> how are you doing? >> hey, champ, you like football? >> reporter: and spawning parodies, like this funny or die video. >> you're the kind of new york! you're the king! >> that bulge real? >> reporter: and a few months back, buzzfeed showed what it would be like if women catcalled. >> bet those arms could put together my ikea furniture. >> reporter: but for women who say they are subjected to catcalling, it's no latching matter. one of our staffers said she heard her first catcall when she was 11 years old. >> it makes you feel like you are street meat. >> reporter: and it hasn't stopped since. with our hidden cameras rolling, to experience wh

the woman, shoshanna roberts got followed by one guy who kept talking to her, she joins us next. uhhhthat can't happen. that's the thing, you don't know how long it has to last. everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive.. confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor can get the real answers you need. well, knowing gives you confidence. start building your confident retirement today. >>> welcome back, tonight, a viral video, tan actor, named shoshanna roberts walked around with a man with a camera. here is some of what she heard. >> how are you doing today? what is up, beautiful, have a good day. >> hey, what is up, girl, how are you doing? >> mile, i guess not good! >> hey, baby. >> hey, beautiful. >> have a nice evening. >> ms. roberts was harassed more than 100 times that day. the video has been viewed more than 8 million times on line, and also generated more than 40,000 comments, including rape threats against her. i spoke to her a short time ago. i saw this video and i was really stunned. i mean, i have seen guys call out to women

. >> reporter: in just ten hours, shoshanna roberts, catcalled more than 100 times.harassment she says she endures every day. >> damn! damn! >> reporter: this video, now viewed about 8.5 million times, posted just yesterday. >> hey, look it there. just saw a thousand dollars. >> reporter: the viral experiment, all part of a psa about street harassment. to capture it, shoshanna, wearing jeans and a t-shirt, volunteered to walk the streets of new york city holding two microphones while the director of the video walked ahead of her with a hidden camera strapped to his back. >> i wanted to give to guys, who maybe they consider whistling at a girl, to see things from the other side. >> hey, baby. >> reporter: online, a firestorm. some questioning if the comments shouldn't be considered compliments, but when we showed video of a group of women -- >> even if it was someone saying, "hey, good morning beautifuul?" >> you don't see people calling out to men that way. you see them saying, "hey sexy, tight butt!" >> it's entering your personal space when you haven't been open to

>> so, mel, do you first, the woman in this video, her name is shoshanna roberts and it was created byn anti-street harassment group. you just published a piece and i think you were okay with it until it happened to your daughters. >> yeah. i mean, it was really eye-opening, don. i used to be one of these women that was like so excited any time somebody said, hey, beautiful. i'm 46. i'm very confident. i just saw mark lamont hill's eyes go, what, mel, what did you say? the truth is, a couple weeks ago in boston, i was walking down the streets. i was with my 15-year-old and i noticed all of the guys checking her out, doing the toes to the head and craning the neck around to check out her fanny. she was mort phied, don. i may be okay with it, i may be okay with being able to defend myself. i may be able to deflect it. a lot of women aren't. it shouldn't be up to the women to have to feel okay or not. guys shouldn't be looking at women like they are a piece of meat. i realize your sex center in the brain as a dude is 2 1/2 times bigger than a woman's and you think about sex more than we d

. >> reporter: when actress shoshanna roberts heard about the casting call, she jumped at the chanceshow what a typical day is like for her. >> i'm telling my story so someone can understand and walk in my shoes for two minutes. >> reporter: she says she received a lot of positive feedback from the video, she has also received threats of rape and violence, some so extreme, she's taking them to the police. a recent report by an advocacy group found more than half of all women have experienced verbal harassment on the street. and two-thirds of the harassed women were concerned it would escalate into something worse. >> it can make them fearful. they never know what the intention is behind men who may be saying things to them. are they going to escalate their attention, grab them, assault them? everybody has had a story that's happened to them or someone they know. wives, sisters, nieces, your aunts, your daughters. >> so, another criticism of the video concerns the ethnicity of the harassers shown in the clips, with some calling all of the white people saying they were all edited out.