I was cat called yesterday by a man in the passenger seat of a white van. I was on my way back to the car after work and minding my own business when he said “hello darling”. I wasn’t frightened, more angry. There is a girl’s school literally metres away and I wondered whether he did that, or worse, to the girls. I gave him a withering look, turned round and showed my middle finger before taking down the license plate of the van. Reported to the police. Pig.
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Continuing to highlight how it affects women. I have read that some men think we like it, so they need to be told they are wrong.
– Heather
Location: Wokingham, UK
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