I’ve been in Ghana this summer doing research through interviews and have encountered street harassment every single day multiple times a day since I arrived. Yesterday, I went to meet up with one of the subjects in my study for the first time and I was immediately made uncomfortable after he continued to comment about how hot I am and even mentioned sex during the interview. It made me feel so uncomfortable that I cut the interview short and left to catch a taxi back to my hotel.
As I am searching for a taxi, a truck full of men pulls up next to me and the men tell me that there are no more taxis coming and I must come with them. I roll my eyes and immediately start to walk away until they start driving towards me. I was forced to literally run away from them until they were no longer in sight.
– Anonymous
Location: Accra, Ghana
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beckie says
i am so sorry that is horrible.