Let me start with that I’ve recently lost a lot of weight, so I dress to flatter myself, not to gain attention. I’m finally comfortable in clothes and I feel good.
I went out for a jog tonight and was only out for about 30 minutes, but in that 30 minutes, 3 different people decided it was appropriate to honk, yell, or brake next to me. The guy that honked scared me, because I was focused and I just about face planted on the sidewalk, so that was the first man.
As I kept running, a man on a scooter pulled up alongside me and told me that “I was looking good!” When I ignored him long enough, he finally kept driving and pulled over into a gas station in front of me. I booked it through there before he had a chance to talk to me.
The last guy slammed on his brakes and didn’t say anything, just stared until traffic pushed him along. Here’s my thing, I run because I want to be healthy. It’s for my benefit, not for anyone else’s, and I don’t appreciate being uncomfortable doing that or being at the gym. It’s dangerous for me to have people breaking my focus and concentration when I’m jogging or lifting weights by making stupid, sexist comments. I’m not trying to impress anyone, I’m trying to improve my life and it makes me angry that people take that away from me by making me uncomfortable enough that I refrain from exercise to avoid it.
– ET
Location: Florida/Gym/Sidewalk
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