I’ve faced harassment at my gym, a running trail near my house, a Starbucks across from my house, as well as other public places. Men repeatedly make sexual comments. I also get sexual comments like, “I would like to ****” or “You’re easy” at my public gym. When I go to certain public places, men will gawk at me for an extended period and some men go as far as to stalk me at the grocery store.
I was sexually groped at a temporary assignment job and I never went back. Also at a part time job I had accepted, an old man kept stalking me on the first day on my job, repeatedly asking me out and calling me cute. I never went back again. Although I reported it to the manager he did not seem to take me seriously. He said he would call the union but he looked at me like I was his next meal.
I am so intimidated by men that I tend to plan where I will go, what I will wear, when I will l go there and have refused job offers based on my fears.
– NR
Location: Gym, jobs, grocery, Starbucks, public places
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