I am a young professional woman, I try to look presentable everyday and I don’t wear provocative clothes. However, I still experience street harassment on an everyday basis whenever I go out in public areas or walk in the streets of Metro Manila. I frequently experience honks, leers, whistles, comments, but sometimes they even try to bump me or walk close to me. I am just sick of these things happening to me. I get frustrated, I want to shout at them and insult them because I want them to be disrespected just like how they made me feel.
But I can’t because I am also scared so I choose to ignore them. But I really want to avoid these experiences so sometimes I don’t make an effort to look good, I try to dress awful to be unnoticeable, I feel bad so I would look bad and unattractive to men.
– J
Location: Metro Manila, Philippines
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