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“Why don’t you come over and suck me!”

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Walking home alone from a night out with some friends, I was followed by one man who [said he wanted to] sleep in my bed with me, no matter how many times I told him I had a boyfriend. When he gave up, from the other side of the street, I heard a couple of men yelling at me, “Hey baby!” and when I didn’t react, they started yelling some more, “Hey baby! Hey sexy! Why don’t you come over and suck me! Suck me baby, Suck me!”

That sort of behavior is just repulsive and I don’t understand why women here in Norway permit it! I’ve even been groped while walking down the street as a passer-by managed to grab my rear! I wasn’t even wearing anything remotely revealing!

– Anonymous

Location: Drammen, Norway

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One week, three instances of harassment in Wales

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Hello. I have not written in here for a while – fortunately. But now I have a reason to write.

I have been harassed three times this last week.

Ok, first one: I was walking down my street on my way to my boyfriend’s house. Two lads walked past me and one said, “Alright love?” I politely replied, “Yes thanks,” and went on. I didn’t think much of it until i heard them snickering a few seconds afterwards. Why?

Second story: I was walking back from my boyfriend’s house (on a different day) and a gang of teenagers walked across the road near me. A boy shouted, “Can I have your number?” I told himI have a boyfriend. Then he yelled, “Twat!” at me before rambling on that I was being ‘stubborn’. What appauled me the most was that there were girls with him and one said, “He wants to buttf*ck you.” Sigh.

Third tale: I was walking to the local supermarket when a teenage boy and girl came walking towards me. As I came in line with them, he shouted, “Fuck my ass!”

I have two words for the lot of you idiots. GROW UP.

– Clarice

Location: Porthcawl and North Cornelly, Wales

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