I was waiting for the tram and I notice a 60-year-old man in the nearby staring at me. He made me feel very uncomfortable and I walked away from him and continued waiting. The guy continued staring at me with fixed eyes, and then came to me. He placed himself right in front of me, less than half a meter away and stared me from head to feet stopping at my breasts and legs.
I was beginning to panic, so I reached for my cell phone and called. At that moment the guy went away from the tram station.
Optional: Do you have any suggestions for dealing with harassers and/or ending street harassment in general?
Education: many people (both men and women) think that is not a problem to look at or even to say something “nice” to a woman you don’t know at all, when she’s just minding her own business. Some people even consider it a nice thing to do, because they are “complimenting” you. I wonder how would they feel if they were given back an assessment of their own physicality.
– Anonymous
Location: Leipzig, Germany
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