I am currently 18 and like many others have experienced street harassment since becoming a teen. Because I work in a professional environment, I am required to wear skirts or dresses, which is often seen by others as a way of encouraging staring, inappropriate comments, and stalking.
Around the age of 15 I experienced one of the most offensive experiences in my young life. I was wearing heeled boots walking home when about 3 cars pulled over and honked at me, unsure of what to do I kept walking head high, as I turned the corner another car intercepted me waving a fan of money out his window, it so humiliating I never mentioned it to my parents.
Little did I know it was just the start of it.
Another incident that stands out it happened during lunch when my best friend and her boyfriend invited me out to eat, they both happened to be in Air Force uniform, that did not stop an older man from calling me “Baby” and then standing up and following me in an attempt to look under my dress.
The most recent incident was actually when my mother and I were at a store. Two men disgustedly continued to stare at me even when I and then my mom gave them the look. When I got home my dad blamed it on me for the way I was dressed….
That day was when I started looking up other similar experiences. I wanted to know I wasn’t the only one, I wanted to make sure it wasn’t my fault, I wanted to be sure that could keep buying my pretty dresses and doing my hair and makeup without feeling responsible for the perverted comments that were unwelcome and constantly thrown at me.
– Anonymous
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