One day I was coming home from my boyfriend’s house on the bus.
I had my earbuds in so I couldn’t really hear too much, but I started to hear what sounded like a voice.
I took an earbud out and the guy behind me was talking to me, telling me that, “I was a beautiful little girl and he would just love to bring me home”.
I got creeped out so I put my earbuds back in and he started talking louder and I heard him say, “good sexy girls don’t ignore their masters”.
So I moved to the front of the bus to go sit by a mom and children which is what I’ve always been told to do, and he followed me, then he tried to touch my butt.
I went and told the bus driver, and the creepy man yelled mean things at me as he was kicked off the bus.
It’s sad how if I had still been with my boyfriend none of this would have happened, and that we live in a world were this almost doesn’t even matter cause it happens so much.
I think ending catcalling starts with teaching younger children that it’s not okay. This should start by teaching them we are all equal and people don’t want to be treated as objects.
~ IB
Location:
In Oregon on the 4 bus line
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