I was walking through the Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough with my two small children; one of them a baby; the other an autistic toddler. I saw a LOVEFiLM display and moved to avoid them. The salesman walked over and I politely said no thank you. I tried to move on and he stood in front of my pram and I said no.

He then became very aggressive and started shouting, “No, no? You don’t say no to me; nobody says no to me.”

I was very frightened – as a rape victim these are particularly terrifying words. I said that they were representing their company and being rude. I looked to the other salesman for back-up and he just started laughing at me. I walked away with both assistants shouting after me. I had to get my husband to pick me up as I was too scared to walk back through the shopping centre.

I contacted Lovefilm and they said sorry but they have to protect the statutory rights of the employee. Apparently, my right not to be abused in public is secondary.

I cannot help but think this would not have happened if I was a six foot male. I was targeted as a woman with children.

– Anonymous

Location: Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough, UK

Share your street harassment story for the blog.

My boyfriend dropped me off about three blocks away from where I was supposed to meet my friend for brunch. Two guys were walking behind me and they began to talk loudly about all of the things they wanted to sexually do to me, how I probably liked it, etc.

I ignored them and kept walking. They continued to follow me. I had to stop at a busy intersection and they caught up to me. One of them got in front of me and when I ignored him and tried to walk around him they started calling me a “whore, slut, bitch,” and a “dog.”

Yelling these things as they followed me for a good block before turning off onto another street. Everyone was just staring at me.

I have never wanted to disappear more than in that moment.

– Anonymous

Location: Boston, MA

Share your street harassment story for the blog.

I was at a concert when my flip flop broke. On my way out of the crowd a man grabbed my rear. I spun around and smacked him over the head with my flip flop and yelled, “NO! You may not!”

He was so surprised he didn’t even acknowledge the fact that I had just hit him.

There are two types of street harassers; men who think they are giving you compliments and men who want to feel powerful. Both need to be responded to but in different ways.

– Wesley Anne

Location: At a concert

Share your street harassment story for the blog.

One day I was sitting with my parent in a restaurant and a bunch of guys harassed me while they were passing by. I don’t get how did they even get the ability to do it while I am sitting with my parents.

– Anonymous

Location: In a restaurant

Share your street harassment story for the blog.

I live in Egypt and I get harassed alot. But the most one that annoyed is that there was this site were you could sell your used items and stuff like that. So I decided to sell a dress and my first customer was a guy. At first I thought of it as a weird thing but then I thought maybe he just wants to buy it for his wife or something but then he kept on saying that he wants to come to my house to check the dress. So I just closed my phone and he kept sending me messages and saying that I could keep the dress and he would give me the money too.

– Anonymous

Location: Egypt

Share your street harassment story for the blog.