I was walking back from the shop with my milk this afternoon, in shorts (not that that’s entirely relevant), and these two guys drive up next to me being like ‘alright, love?’ When I told them to f**k off they got all offended. I was fuming – what gives them the right to do that to random women on the street?
Optional: What’s one way you think we can make public places safer for everyone?
By stopping with the victim blaming and have more of a focus on blaming the perpetrator, who is actually the one at fault.
– Sara
Location: Exeter, England
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Robin jo kuhns says
Im having a problem with public sexual harrament name calling like freak whore chasing me everywhere i used to live in las vegas and now i live in henderson nv i know nobody and its been going on a few years now im not talking about one person im talking of hundreads im not sure what to do its gotten so bad they look at thier private areas now i dont know why because i know nobody but a couple people and im not sure what they want from me but its scaring me because i have no car to just drive away im trying to go back to phx az because they wont stop. It really bothers me maybey they think im someone else? I cant figure it out but im really tired of them fowling me everywhere even the libary.i wonder if you could help me or guide me in the right direction. Thank you