I was walking up the stairs in the metro station towards the exit. It was a busy station and the stairs were crowded. I was 22 and wearing tight jeans. A guy behind me put his hand between my legs, with the back of his hand against my crotch and slid it towards my bum. He did it so quickly, running up the stairs ahead of me, that I didn’t even have time to react. He turned his head towards me just before he got out of the stairs. I didn’t know how to respond so I just gave him a death stare. He said “What?” and walked off.
I remember feeling utterly disgusted and soiled by the gesture and scared that he could have done that in such a public space without anyone noticing or reacting. I was really shaken. But mostly I remember feeling angry and scared because I had been completely unable to react or to do anything about it. It was then that I got the idea to take self-defense lessons.
– Anonymous
Location: Paris, France
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