I have been sexually harassed all my life but since I moved from a small village to a city (Stuttgart, Germany), it’s been getting worse. I am the girl-next-door-looking type. I never wear anything revealing.
I can hardly think of a day when I didn’t get any comments about my hair, my eyes, my ass, or whistles from a complete stranger. Some people even try to get really close to me, touch my arm or my hair until I tell them to knock it off and walk away. It only happens when I am alone or with a girl friend. I also had a stalker once who knocked on my window and my door several times and sent me a parcel with sex gadgets.
It makes me feel vulnerable. Like they own me and that they can say whatever they want.
It happens all the time, day and night, and I don’t know how to deal with it.
– CR
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
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