Last year there were a few concentrated incidents that all happened in the same place. I used to get a lift to work and had to wait on a busy road for my pick-up. Bearing in mind this was before 8 a.m. in the morning, I would still get harassed.
Sometimes it would just be a beeping horn, but it started to concern me when men would stick their head out of windows and shout comments at me. One time it was a bus driver who wolf-whistled and shouted at me, which shocked me even more. The men would usually leer, make a comment about the way I was dressed or the way I looked and then laugh.
One morning a man stuck his head fully out the window and made gestures suggestive of oral sex.
It really bothered me because I didn’t feel free to do what I want, or wear what I want. I didn’t want to stop wearing dresses to work, but it really put me off. I can’t really describe accurately how angry or upset I was about it all, it didn’t make me feel respected as a person at all.
– FW
Location: Durham, UK
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Beckie says
Horrible. So sorry you have had to deal with this.