tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583913142116752501.post8319759477764899100..comments2022-03-28T03:18:35.119+00:00Comments on Don't Be Silent---Speak out against street harassment in DC: Should we toughen up in reacting to the harassers?Don't Be Silent DChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497187730422109349noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583913142116752501.post-21710433573005998312007-04-02T05:21:00.000+00:002007-04-02T05:21:00.000+00:00Just found your blog through another site.A) Thank...Just found your blog through another site.<BR/><BR/>A) Thanks for writing about this kind of thing. Before reading about it here, I was unaware that it was so rampant. It often felt like I was one of the only people who would deal with it or experience it. (I live in NYC, but it seems to be a universal pain in the ass.)<BR/><BR/>B) How I deal with it. Well, it depends on the situation and how bad it is, and in one case, how rampant it was. I used to live in a neighborhood where I'd get harassed daily walking to and from the subway. Different guys, some would try to follow me as I walked home or to the trains, others would just yell as I passed. Some were really lewd, others thought they were being funny. It got to the point where I'd no longer wear any sort of skirt or dress, even if it was cut way below the knee. I got extremely paranoid, and ended up moving out of the neighborhood because it really bothered me. (Thanks, assholes.) <BR/><BR/>So, in that case, it was a numbers issue. I couldn't fight it, I couldn't win. I tried a few times, and it just put me in a terrible mood and the guy in question went from trying to get my number to suddenly calling me a whore, a bitch, and saying to get off "his block." It just gets me too stressed to want to deal with it, and I'm always wondering if the next person I yell at is dangerous. However, I've decided that my new line, if the next jackass doesn't seem scary (just stupid), is "Would you say that to your mom? Your sister? I didn't think so."<BR/><BR/>So, we'll see if it works. How do guys even think they can act like this? Arrrgh.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03468607040522163437noreply@blogger.com