I will share my story about street harassment too. But first I want to say that my English and the grammar is not perfect because I’m from another land.
So let me start.. It was an evening in summer, I think it was 8 pm but it wasn’t dark or anything so I hadn’t any concern for walking alone home from my shopping trip. I have leaved the train and saw two young man. They looked at me with a weird look. I know this look because it happens often. I am a young girl and a lot of people and friends said to me I could be a model cause I am so pretty and have such a nice body and I look so much older than I am and a lot of other stuff.. I think that’s the reason why I am so often confronted with street harassment when I am in public.
So back to the two man.. I started to walk much faster and then the one man had shouted to me “Girl, take off your glasses!” and the other one “Ouhh, shaking your beautiful, long hair!” and they laughed dirty. I walked and walked and it wasn’t any person here – only me and the two man behind me. I panicked. I phoned my Dad and said that I would come home in 10 Minutes. I thought when the man do anything to me and I wouldn’t came home my Dad would have trouble and would search for me.. After I phoned my Dad the two man weren’t there anymore. I was lucky that they went away but I have felt so bad about the street harassment. I am a woman and NOT an object!
But the other sad thing was, that I told the story to my friends and they haven’t understand me or my anxiety. They said only “It is not so bad” and “What’s your problem?” and other stuff.
– Anonymous
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