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Who is a bigger threat to a woman alone in the woods? A man or a bear? That 2024 viral social media debate revealed a lot. And it wasn't pretty. In the original TikTok video, 7 out of 8 women interviewed said they'd choose the bear. Many others followed suit with their own posts, painting a rather grim picture of how they feel around men.

Maybe it's not too surprising, given that there are around 40 bear attacks on humans annually. Worldwide. And not all are fatal. That's a stark comparison to U.N. statistics, which reveal that globally, around 51,100 women and girls died at the hands of their intimate partners or other family members. In 2023 alone.

Let's not beat around the bush... Many women are scared of men. And they have their reasons. There are guys that understand and act accordingly. Then there are those who are completely oblivious. Or just don't care. Someone recently asked, "What's something a man did that instantly made you feel unsafe, even if it wasn't aggressive?" And women did not hold back. Some stories are heartbreaking, some are eye-opening. Some are truly terrifying.

Bored Panda has put together a list of the top answers. And after scrolling through them, you might agree that there is indeed a lot to learn and correct. To drive the message home, we've included some sobering stats about what women are facing on a daily basis. You'll find that between the images.

#1

Man sitting alone on a bench by window, conveying the feeling of instantly unsafe moments shared by women around men. I was a cashier at a fast food place when I was 18 and I took this guy’s order, he asked me what time I got off. I said “oh, um later tonight” it was like 4pm. instant red flags. He proceeded to sit in the lobby, within eye view, and waited for hrs. It turned dark and he was still there, still glancing every so often. It was getting closer to my clock out time and I was petrified, he hadn’t done anything, but I was scared to walk out to my car. I hid in the office and the old grill cook finally went to the lobby and told him off, that I’d left through the back door. Apparently he came back the next day looking for me, I had the day off, the grill cook told him I’d quit because he scared me. He never came back after that.

The grill cook Demarcus was a real one. I hope he’s living a good life.

Dion-is-us , Sami Abdullah Report

PeepPeep the duck
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6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a weirdo, we had it happen to a young waitress once. Me and my bf drove her home. Scared me too, but luckily my bf at that time was huge 300kgs and tall. (Total kitten but he looked scary).

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I spent my time in the restaurant and bar industry. I'd been working this one place and the waitresses and cocktailers always asked me to walk them to their car. I found out it was one of the managers that was making them uncomfortable. He got fired for sexual harassment and now I understand why he hated me. He's a white guy so he failed up and was running his own bar in a couple years. I hate that little redheaded sh!t.

ILoveMySon
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6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was a cocktail waitress throughout college and there are definitely some scary people out there.

Jenni Howard
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6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a cashier I had a customer pass me a note saying he loved me etc. it was a BIG Tesco superstore so freaked me out. Not nice

tori Ohno
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6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one doesn't fit. How could he Not know that he would frighten her by obviously stalking her?

Anxious&Bored Bear
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6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ĥe didn't think he was stalking her. He felt entitled to her time and attention. (Cause smiling at customers, part of their JOB, means they want you. Exasperated eyeroll here.)

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1 in 3 women around the world have experienced violence at least once in their lives. 736 MILLION WOMEN! That's a rather scary statistic, brought to us by the U.N. Women Data Hub.

And if that stat didn't hit home hard enough, in 2022, the World Bank revealed that an estimated 245 million experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) in the last 12 months alone. That's 10% of all women, ages 15 and above. Remember that the figure doesn't include violence carried out by non-partners. And that many cases of IPV go unreported.

"The true figures are likely to be even larger because of the difficulties women face in being open about experiences of violence," explains the World Bank. "Evidence shows that violence from an intimate partner can often go unrecorded, due to social stigma and women not wanting to make things worse for themselves."

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    #2

    Young woman in white lace top leaning on rusted railing with eyes closed, reflecting on feeling instantly unsafe with a man. Speak to me in an Asian language (usually Japanese, sometimes Chinese) trying to impress me. That tells me right away that he sees me as a stereotype based on my complexion rather than as a person.

    Whenever that happens I always answer in fluent French, and then act surprised when he doesn't understand "white language.".

    DarkField_SJ , Mochammad Algi Report

    cerinamroth
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heh, I have a good story here. I am a linguist and general language magpie. I speak three languages to native level and another four with varying degrees of fluency. My Japanese is merely conversational. I love Japan and even lived there for a while. My husband is originally from the Philippines and whenever we have been in Japan together, everyone always speaks to him thinking that he is from Okinawa (he does have an Okinawan face, as they all tell me!). It's such fun for me, the pale little white lassie, to answer in Japanese while he shrugs his shoulders because he doesn't understand a word! :D Never assume that someone knows a language purely based on how they look!

    Wild Cream
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s so cool Cerina, honestly 😊 I’m so jealous of people who can speak another language. Languages are so cool. I have a basic grasp on a few (and I can get by in Russian ordering food and getting a hotel etc, I’ve done it before in northern Ukraine where almost nobody speaks English haha) but I hope someday to be fluent! What languages do you speak?

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    BarfyCat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's very fun for my blonde self to whig out random Armenians when I speak to them in almost-fluent Armenian! Because it's such an unusual language sometimes they don't believe me when I tell them I don't have a single drop of Armenian blood, lol.

    Pyla
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/DWynJkN5HbQ?si=fceA2gHo3gnA2VX4

    TeenieMeanie
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I speak a very uncommon asian language, has the same effect.

    Marnie
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "complexion" is a weird way to put it

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    I don't get it. I work with people from multiple countries. They always appreciate it when I speak even just a few words in their native tongue. Usually just a greeting and a "How are you". They feel I make an effort to connect to them individually, not just with a generic "How is it going". It's execatly the opposite of the OP's reaction.

    Power puff scientist
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    working with people and talking in their native tongue because you know them is different from just walking up to a woman and start talking Japanese because you assume she has to be from that country...

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    I recently watched "She Said." If you haven't heard of it, it's a movie about the two New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story and opened the floodgates for women around the world to join the #MeToo movement. It's a gripping, eye-opening film that highlights how women suffer in silence, often too afraid to speak up against the men who do them harm.

    For decades, Weinstein took advantage of vulnerable actresses and other women he worked with. His despicable acts went under the radar, as he paid his survivors to keep quiet, while some of those around him helped cover his tracks. But the movie also shines a light on the bravery and courage of women in the face of what can only be described as pure evil.

    #3

    Man smiling and holding a coffee cup while talking to a woman, highlighting moments women felt instantly unsafe with a man. Went on a few dates with this guy… following week he asked if we could go out to dinner and I was like oh man I’m sorry, I have plans with girls from work that night but maybe the next night we could do something?

    I never said who specifically I was going with and he didn’t know any of my coworkers outside of like seeing them twice when he picked me up from work for two dates. I never said where we were going.

    I’m mid conversation with my friends at dinner and one of them is like “uhh… did you know your friend was coming?” I’m like what friend? And I look up and the guy is walking towards our table and sits down like he was invited.

    All conversation just stopped and we all stared at him. I still have no idea how he knew where I was. I didn’t have a car at the time so it’s not like he spotted my car and knew I was there.

    After an incredibly long awkward silence I was like so… I told you I’m not free tonight.

    He was like if you’re going to be like that don’t bother talking to me anymore. So I didn’t.

    Jenny10126 , Jonathan Borba Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen this one before and it is still creepy AF! Halving been stalked before, THAT is stalker sh!t.

    Marcin
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reading all of those stories makes me sick. Being a man you never experience anything like that. While at university there was a short cut to the bus stop through the woods and often my female friends walked with me, even to the point of waiting for me to join them. I always thought they were just being nice or wanted to talk about classes. Now I am thinking they wanted me for protection (!) WTF There was this one girl who always put her hand round mine when we walked, I did not mind. She was not my type at all so it was just friendly but now after reading all this WTF. I understand that all of this innocent until proven guilty is necessary but I wish I was there for some of the girl who wrote those stories. Girls don’t give up on all men because of those creeps.

    L.V
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You may have stopped something like that from happening, by just being a good friend

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    KatSaidWhat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Do you want to get arrested for stalking?"

    Billo66
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd sure look for a tracker of some sort to be sure.

    Stannous Flouride
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's usually where the "nice guy who never gets a chance" makes a remark about her appearance.

    Upstaged75
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went out with a guy on a Friday night - it was nice for a 1st date. I mentioned that I was busy the following night at someone's birthday celebration. Stupidly I mentioned where it would be. It was a public place, we just had a private room. When I get there I see him at the bar. Thankfully he didn't try and crash the party, but it felt weird to me. I didn't go out with him again.

    LangiStudios
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "He was like if you’re going to be like that don’t bother talking to me anymore." - Oh no, what a tragedy. /S

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    The disgraced film producer and Miramax co-founder was sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2020. But New York's highest court last year overturned his conviction and sentence. It was a move that left #MeToo activists shocked and angry.

    "The court found that the original trial judge allowed prejudicial testimony," reported the Guardian. "That judge's term expired in 2022, and he is no longer on the bench."

    73-year-old Weinstein is currently being retried in a Manhattan criminal court. And this time, the jury is majority female...

    #4

    Young woman with curly hair looking concerned and unsafe while sitting indoors near a plant and a white brick wall. Had a dude really snidely ask why I was taking my purse with me to the restroom so, matching his energy, I whole chestedly announced that I needed to change my tampon and didn't feel like I needed his permission to be discreet about it. 


    The look he gave me you would have thought I s**t on the table. Then he got really red and quietly told me to stop making a scene and we'd talk about it after dinner. 


    I dropped a twenty on the table, grabbed my jacket and booked it. I grew up with an a*****e mother, I know what that kind of phrase really means. Maybe he would have stopped at just words but I was not risking it for a first date. .

    haelesor , Polina Zimmerman Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never ever leave your phone or your drink behind when you hit the bathroom. I've seen how fast a creep can go to work.

    KatSaidWhat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've sadly learnt how fast a creep can move when merely taking my turn at the pool table.

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    Pheebs
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get a guy being worried a woman taking her purse means he’s about to get ditched, but as a woman I don’t trust someone to keep an eye on my things. Been with my hubs 14 years, and I love him dearly but that man will walk away from a cart with my purse and phone in it instead of just taking the d**n cart with him, or pushing it over to me. I no longer take a purse when shopping with him, and my phone stays glued. I’d be 10 feet away with my back to him grabbing something, and he’d just up and wander away to another aisle, cart left abandoned. 🙄

    Gabriel Camomescro
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would have said something if she left her purse behind.

    Papa
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I whole chestedly announced" is a term I never heard before.

    Earonn -
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP might not be an English speaker. At least it sounds like the things I say when my brain crosses some wires and translates a phrase directly from my native German. :D

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    Amanda Reinstatler
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Girl - YES!!!!!!!!! That was the perfect way to handle that a****t

    That tired person
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i dont know whats wrong with guys and periods

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think if he was a bit anxious, like someone else said, he might have just been thinking she was going to leave. My bf is very anxious, and I’m always surprised how he sees some things, or finds the anxiety where I would never see it.

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    Earonn -
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well done, OP. In general it's a good 'test', so to speak, to mention periods and tampons (when appropriate - do I need to add that?). If they're just uncomfortable, check whether they've been brought up by clueless parents or if they indeed see it as something 'unclean' (never mind your upbringing - if a guy wants to be mature enough to f**k you, he needs to be mature enough to accept your body's functions).

    Suby
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All safety concerns aside, you also take your purse because everything is in there - lipstick, extra tissues in case the stall is out of TP, etc. That remark was a red flag. Had he never met a woman with a purse before?

    Jane Hower
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So right!! When they tell/show you who they are, BELIEVE it the FIRST time. Good for you

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    #5

    Middle-aged man in a white coat and tie standing with arms crossed, conveying a sense of safety and trust. I had a doctor very cleverly, sneakily, and casually rub my foot on his p***s. He kept the conversation going the entire time, with as much eye contact as physically possible. He knew exactly what he was doing but was trying to keep talking as if it wasn't happening. My mom was in the room, thankfully. I used the position to my advantage and essentially slowly kicked him in the d**k 🤌 (found out later on he's no longer practicing, so I can only hope no other woman got actually assaulted).

    littleghool , Kindel Media Report

    detective miller's hat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Experience has taught me to only ever see female doctors.

    Wild Cream
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. Actually my current doctor is male due to a shortage of women doctors in my area, and he’s actually amazing and fantastic, but he also grew up in a family of all girls and has 3 daughters and a wife so when I talk to him it’s like talking to a trusted uncle or something, he knows so much about female health issues. Female doctors and male doctors like him are the only ones I’m comfortable trusting.

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    Joshua David
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats some Nasser shít right there.

    Janet C
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We really need to do a better job of raising our daughters to STOP BEING NICE. Stop "quietly and gently" saying/doing something in response to a creep. We need our daughters to YELL "Stop touching me!" or "Get away from me!" or "Leave me alone!" or whatever needs to be said/done in that instance. Instead we've raised girls to "get along" and "be nice" and "keep the peace" and "don't make waves". That needs to end.

    Kristin
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My tattoo artist did that. I was getting a tattoo on the top of my forearm and he didn't think I'd notice. Tattoo got finished by another artist. He got fired by his wife whom was also his boss (she owns the shop) she also divorced him cause she learned it happened a few times before and after me. He was a cheater too so 🤷‍♀️ 🤷‍♀️

    Rosecat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had my baby's doctor touch me a lot. He was being sneaky, like he didn't touch my private parts, he was grazing my arms, I have a ganglion and he was like "ohh what's that??" etc. I told my husband, and asked him to come with me next time. I know it's terrible that I felt I needed a male presence to not be touched, but I thought that at least would stop him. Noooo he still touched me, in front of my baby daughter *and* my husband. My husband sternly told him "Stop touching my wife". We hastily finshed my baby's exam and left. I was too scared to take the issue further, and sometimes I think, what if he hurt someone even more cause I never said anything...

    marianne eliza
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure you called the police, right? Or did you let him continue his predatory behavior with every other female patient?

    Binky Melnik
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But of course! A single phone call to the police will stop that аsshole dеad in his tracks! I hope she called ‘em and saved hundreds of patients from аbuse since the police can fix ANYTHING!

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    "She Said" got me thinking about how prevalent gender-based violence (GBV) is. And how it would be hard to find a woman who hasn't been in a scary or uncomfortable situation with a man, at least once in her life. I come from a country where the government has labeled GBV a 'national crisis' and a 'second pandemic.' So that should tell you a lot.

    “We have amongst the highest rates of intimate partner violence," said South Africa's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, while addressing the nation in 2020. "This is a scourge that affects us all: young and old, black or white, rich and poor, queer or cis, rural or urban. It pervades every sphere of our society... We are in the throes of a deep crisis that must be brought to a decisive end."

    But the following year, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women found that "the failure of South Africa to prevent and protect women and girls from domestic violence constitutes grave and systematic violations of rights under international law."

    #6

    Man holding head in stress, illustrating moments when women felt instantly unsafe with a man and lost their sense of safety. Working in retail - weekend job in my early twenties. After work eats and drinks.

    Work colleague that I had never shown any interest in, came over and shouted in my face when I was chatting and flirting a little with a guy in the bar. He behaved as though he owned me and who did I think I was talking to men, that I was a s**t(!) because I’d let him buy me a drink earlier and I was leading him on!! After trying to defend myself and fleeing to the toilets, these girls I had never met consoled me after listening that this idiot was not my boyfriend and I didn’t know why he had behaved like that. Those feisty young women, Roman shield- style, marched me past him after calling me a cab, staying with me outside until the cab came.

    Unbeknownst to me, he had been telling my week day colleagues that we were dating. I managed to convince management it was a lie the following day but the damage was done and I quit at the same time.

    His level of anger was so unhinged and truly frightening. I didn’t even like him that way and had never encouraged him in any way because of that. I was so petrified of him, even with knowing that this workplace was far from my home and he knew nothing about me.

    Mental-Market7016 , Malachi Cowie Report

    Wild Cream
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women are amazing - especially when you meet them a lil tipsy in the bathroom of a bar or pub. I’ve been safely escorted out by a tribe of determined women just like this haha, and also had my makeup expertly fixed, been given relationship advice, been given pep talks and compliments I really needed to hear, borrowed tampons, gossiped, laughed, cried, gotten tons of hugs and taken loads of selfies with random sweetie pies I’ve just met in the bathroom. One time I even swapped shoes with a girl for some reason (I guess we liked each other’s shoes better) and we never met again but it’s an hilarious memory for me, and I hope for her too. Always complete strangers. Always a connection 😊 love ya ladies! ❤️

    Crystalwitch60
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those girls were amazing they likely saved you from something more serious, us women need to stick together , I hope he lost his job the vile inhuman

    Sara Frazer
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's unhinged, but bless those ladies

    Gen X Feral
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Girl code, we gotta stick together.

    Only Me
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was at the airport waiting for my flight when a drunk guy came and sat next to me. And then he lay down and put his head in my lap! I was stunned, what to do? I told him to go, he wouldn't leave me alone and was ... hmm ... being disgusting. But I was saved by a young girl who came over and said oh there you are, we're sitting over here. Come with me.

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    Maybe don't lead a guy on, y'know?

    The Word Bank notes that the two regions with the highest-known prevalence of IPV are Sub-Saharan Africa, "where 33% of women aged 15–49 years have suffered IPV in their lifetime and 20% in the last year alone, and South Asia, where 35% of women in the same age bracket have experienced it in their lifetime and 19% in the last year."

    It adds that young women aged 15 to 19 are the most affected by IPV. Stats show that by the time they are 19 years old, 1 in 4 adolescent girls who have been in a relationship will already have suffered at the hands of a partner.

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    #7

    Woman in dark clothing looking worried and covering her mouth, reflecting feelings of safety and being instantly unsafe with a man. On a group caving tour, the sort where you float in the river in the cave on a ring for a bit, the guide pulled me by the foot away from the group and into the dark to “show me something cool” despite my firm then frantic protestations. After my kicking and shouting for my friend, he let go of me so I could swim back to the group while sulking that I was “boring”.

    It’s not the worst thing that’s happened to me, but it was one time that my alarms were absolutely RINGING in my ears to GET OUT.

    kittysayswoof91 , MART PRODUCTION Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Leg pulling. I've seen men do that before. Must be some ancient cave man genetic thing.

    RomanceRadish
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If there truly was something interesting he wanted to share he could've announced to the group "Hey everyone there's a really cool rock formation in this area, who wants to go see it?" etc. But that likely wasn't his intention in this case.

    A growing number of women are single, and many of them are living alone, notes Daniel A. Cox, director of the Survey Center on American Life, adding that they are less likely to be attached to a community such as a religious congregation, and many live far from immediate family members. Cox was commenting on statistics that show women have become more afraid of men since the #MeToo movement.

    #8

    Man lifting woman playfully in a grassy field, contrasting with the theme of women feeling instantly unsafe with a man. I had an ex boyfriend when we were dating that liked to pick me up randomly in public. Not even in the maiden type way, like just plucked me up tall ways and wouldn’t put me down no matter how many times I’d ask. I hated it and It made me feel like he didn’t respect me, or care about me saying “no.” But I was young and naive and continued the relationship. Well, he recorded us f*****g (without my knowledge or consent) and then gaslit me when I caught him. He was a piece of s**t who never saw me as anything other than something to play with. I shoulda known at the first moment he made me feel uncomfortable.

    Decent_Friend_1511 , Vlada Karpovich Report

    Mreoww
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That made me uncomfortable just reading it.

    Wild Cream
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate being “scared.” I have social anxiety and it makes me kind of jumpy, so it’s pretty easy to hide behind a corner or something and jump out to scare me. My coworkers found this out and wouldn’t stop doing it to me like 5-6 times a day. It stopped being funny after the 2nd time, and started making me feel so exhausted and irritated whenever they did it. They stopped when I asked except for one guy. It got so bad I had to go to HR and beg them to make him stop constantly trying to make me jump. He finally asked me out on a date and I immediately refused - like are you kidding me? I told you you make me uncomfortable and begged you to stop and you refused, why would I want to spend MORE time with you?

    Earonn -
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lifehack: if your partner makes you uncomfortable, let alone frightened, and doesn't apologise or explain when you mention it - drop them. Not worth it.

    Jane Hower
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wish I had been that smart with the man I married. His 'controlling' came out early, before we married - wish I had seen and KNOWN the signs, but I was young and nieve.

    Amanda Reinstatler
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time to recrod him doing something without HIS knowledge or consent. I would go scorched FOCKING EARTH on that POS

    Marnie
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    6 months ago

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    He did not gaslight you in this situation. Stop misusing this word, people!

    Mreoww
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t think she’s referring to the carrying part as gaslighting. I think OP means that happened later on, but she didn’t really elaborate on it.

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    "Young women today are also more likely to live in cities surrounded by strangers, specifically strange men. With the rise of dating apps, their dating experiences more regularly put them in contact with men who have no connection to their offline lives, making personal safety a legitimate concern," writes Cox.

    He says that even though much is being done to protect women in the workplace, bullying and exploitative behavior online is increasingly common.

    #9

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It "I'm a nice guy"

    The second they say that, I know they aren't a nice guy lol.

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    BrunoVI
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you have to say you're one thing, you're not. Whatever it is.

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    Tobias Reaper
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if you are a nice guy you show it with your actions you dont need to say it

    Luke Branwen
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's my life philosophy. I had a brief "Nice Guy" phase when I was a teen, but now I'm determined to be better. And while I'm sure I still have a lot to learn, women being just... casually comfortable around me is a great feeling :)

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    KatSaidWhat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice guys show you they are nice through actions.

    Michael Largey
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're actually that nice, she will already have noticed that.

    Grenelda Thurber
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it's true, they wouldn't feel a need to say it. It wouldn't occur to a nice guy to say that. Same with "I'm not lying to you!"

    ILoveMySon
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This actually made me giggle because a freak was hitting on me years ago who not only pleaded "nice guy" but also told me how smart he was. I wasn't scared but I did laugh in his face.

    Amanda Reinstatler
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol right up there with "I'm an alpha male".

    Kay Christensen
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I'm an Alpha male" translates to I'm an a**h*ole".

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    Lisbeth Guz
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, they said it like it's a great accomplishment to be nice when in reality, nice is the bare minimum. I wouldn't want to date someone who is not nice to me.

    Tobias Reaper
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    women do like nice guys its just you are not as nice as you think you are. So called nice guys think women work like one of those loyalty cards from Starbucks where every time you buy a coffee you get a stamp and at 10 stamps you get a free one they think if they pay enough compliments then they are entitled to s*x or attention just no go back to your basement away from the public

    Jane Hower
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, not always. But yes, something to check out for sure.

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    #10

    Man standing outdoors in a brown jacket looking away, conveying feelings related to women feeling instantly unsafe with a man. Asked me to meet up at like 10 pm to take a Walk in the woods together and proceeded to Call me boring when I firmly declined.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I'm from, you don't go out in the woods at night without mace or a gun.

    XenoMurph
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what about a halberd? to go with the mace?

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    Boo
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd rather be boring and alive than adventurous and dead.

    Tobias Reaper
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    who takes a walk in the woods at 10pm very dodgy

    L.V
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love walks in the woods, but definitely not at night!

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    LooseSeal's $10 Banana
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better to be boring than dead, I always say.

    Nicole Weymann
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Lieber fünf Minuten feige als ein ganzes Leben tot " ("rather a coward for five minutes than déad for life")

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    LangiStudios
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A walk in the woods at night? Yeah...not about to be a true crime episode on ID Channel, thank you very much.

    Rachel Reynolds
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure, but for the record I'm going to need to know the guys blood type, if he's a drinker, or has family history of kidney disease.

    Wysteria_Rose
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boring and alive is better than "adventurous" and dead.

    Amanda Reinstatler
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trust me - guys like that telling you you are boring is a VERY good thing

    Silberwolf
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some years ago after work at a student job I stood at a bus stop with a female colleague. She just started to work there and though I'm quite bad at making contact with a new person and small talk I felt the need to talk to her somehow, asked what she does besides that job etc...Then at some point there was an awkward silence, I was nervous because of that silence and I asked her if we should walk to the next bus stop (~ 500 m away) because walking calms me down and she said 'No!' quite loudly. It took me about half a year to realize that she might have felt threatened/thought I would lure her into some dark alley and mug her...I get it that there are a lot of creeps, but some men are just socially awkward/insecure. But I also get that women are better off assuming the worst from a man...(sad reality though)

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    Cox says while it's a good thing that more women are speaking up about their fears around men, it's less ideal that so many conversations about the topic occur online. "Social media algorithms segregate these conversations in ways that reinforce pre-existing world views," he explained, adding that women are inundated with stories while most men hear little or nothing about these incidents and how they impact women's lives.

    "It's especially unfortunate because an open conversation would help bridge the gap in understanding," said Cox. "Men might come to better understand how these fears influence decisions that women make."

    #11

    Woman and man standing indoors, illustrating moments women felt instantly unsafe with a man in a tense encounter. Stood too close to me. There's an instinctive 'bubble' humans have in socialisation, we know up-close is verboden unless we KNOW each other. But standing so close to me I can feel your breath? You've invaded my bubble. Step the f**k out because I do NOT feel safe with people who invade the bubble without permission.

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    Katiekat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been known to put my hand on a man's chest and push him away, while stating LOUDLY, "YOU ARE ENTIRELY TOO CLOSE. BACK UP AND DO NOT DO THAT EVER AGAIN." Get loud, make a scene, they hate that.

    Upstaged75
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had no problem "accidentally" elbowing someone or hitting them with my purse when they get too close. They I'll say "oops, looks like you were in my personal space". :)

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    Mreoww
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it’s just me but I get very uncomfortable when anyone steps too close, anyone at all, even if they’re a friend. Idk, I like my space.

    Fluffypanda
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I miss the enforced 6 ft rule especially in lines at stores. Some folks will just get right up on top of you in line … it’s like dude, I shouldn’t feel you breathing on me waiting to pick up my prescription.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's how I feel about hugs. I'm like a cat and I don't like to be touched by just anyone.

    Miranda Prince
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless you know someone super super well, you should always ask before hugging, I feel.

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    cerinamroth
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend had an absolute dickwad of a partner for a long time. I was at a house party and he was all up in my face. (Bearing in mind that my friend, his partner, was also there!!) I kept rebuffing him politely (I am British, he is Polish) and he just kept going. He started unbuckling my belt in the middle of the room and when I slapped his hand away he just said "Don't worry, I'm not going to r a p e you". He also spiked my drink the first time I met him. God only knows what she saw in him. I was elated for her when they broke up but they somehow ended up back together again.

    BrownEyedGrrl
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He started unbuckling your belt?! WHAT??!!

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    FreeTheUnicorn
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So this guy is a creep but there's no innate human bubble/distance. Space is cultural, with some cultures in the Himalaya having it be ok to put your hand on a strangers leg when talking if you're the same gender, and different genders keeping much farther away. I was very uncomfortable because my society doesn't have the same conventions. The baseline for personal space is social and then refined by each person. Just own it and say he was too close to me, you don't need all of humanity to back your okay for it to legitimate. That just promotes the idealogy of no needs a better reason to mean no.

    Earonn -
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While that is true, there's a limit for closeness. Especially after Covid it shouldn't need any explanation for an adult to not breathe on others.

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    Billo66
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the "close talker" episode of Seinfeld lol. I also have always called it my bubble.

    detective miller's hat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If someone does this to me while I'm on line in a shop or something, my go-to move is to pretend to violently sneeze, making like I'm turning to the side to sneeze into my arm. Usually they step back immediately, but if not, they get whaled by my rapidly moving arm. :)

    Dog Mom to Zoe
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bubble. I'm going to use that. I like it.

    Charlotte A.
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While I agree that it is uncomfortable when people get too close, I think it's worth remembering that some people can just have, say Asberger's, or something, and just don't know. Be polite, at least at first, before hitting or shouting at people. *eyeroll*

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    #12

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It When I was 16 maybe 17, I was with a guy friend at an amusement park that was having a Halloween event with all sorts of scary mazes and whatnot. There were supposed to be more friends with us but they flaked so just the two of us went. Apparently he took this as an excuse to try (emphasis on try) to turn our hangout into a date. He kept grabbing me by “bumping into me” in the dark (it wasn’t that dark), he kept buying me food (I would always counter by buying him MORE food so I wouldn’t owe him anything), and he just kept making weird comments that were vaguely flirtatious but not enough to call out directly.

    The whole outing was incredibly uncomfortable and, when it was time to head home (he was my ride home), we got in his car and I got buckled up and everything but he just sat there. And then, after a notable silence, he said “I wonder how many people are having s*x in their cars right now.”

    I laughed nervously and retorted by saying “Hah! Or doing d***s! Crazy right?” and then I proceeded to turn on Eminem’s “Rap God” loudly on my speakerphone and I started rapping along very poorly until he finally started taking me home. Don’t ask me why that was my move, but hey it worked.

    On the way home he took a wrong turn, and while I’m sure it was accidental it scared the s**t out of me considering what just happened, so I corrected him immediately and thankfully he got back on track and got me home without any incidents.

    I never hung out with him again.

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    Mreoww
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s really darn unsettling.

    Earonn -
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If a person buys you something unasked for, they have no right to demand anything in return. A contract of that sort needs both sides to agree. The people who just want to spoil you because they like you won't mind. Those who do mind - don't deserve any better.

    Rosecat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet he had something to do with friends not showing up.

    LadyManx
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most times I just gave the wrong number. Back in the day, it could never be checked until it was too late. Oh, oops. that's too bad.

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    #13

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It I was at a nature preserve taking photos and happened to be wearing a shirt with one of those "evolve fish" on it along with a science positive message. I was there with my family, but they were slightly further down the trail. A couple guys were approaching so I turned to give them the friendly nod as you do in the South.

    That's when one of them looked at me with the most terrifying expression and said, "I hate your shirt."

    Now, that may seem pretty tame, but the look in his eyes was scary as f**k. I began backing up towards my family and his friend started pulling him away. He let his friend lead him away, but he kept his eyes on me until they went around a bend in the trail. It was like being watched by a predator. I fully believe that if I had been alone, he would have attacked me.

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    WindySwede
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was a "nice theist guy™" v031.jpg v031.jpg

    Billo66
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to have a jesus fish with feet. I thought he was cute. Mine said Darwin :) A little sticker on my car, not a whole shirt. It was just silly

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    GenuineJen
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guy clearly needed to do a little "evolving" himself.

    Batwench
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohhhh I need the t shirt in the picture

    Wild Cream
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too! What’s your museum? I love the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, BC 😊

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    officerripley
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was at the grocery store & happened to be wearing a Planned Parenthood pin & the female clerk glared at me & said "Is that a Planned Parenthood pin?!" I said "yeah". Her glare getting more & more hateful, she said "Do you work there?" I said, "No." She said "Oh" & continued checking out my order still glaring the whole time.

    #14

    Man with tattoos sitting on a chair indoors, evoking feelings of women feeling instantly unsafe with a man. When you don’t give them what they want and that shadow falls over their eyes and face. Ugh….

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    TeenieMeanie
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, we all know that face.

    Crystalwitch60
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh yes sadly we do !, and it also f kin hurts to !

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    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right? Oh, you picked up my dropped phone? Yeah, that doesn't mean I'm going to f*ck you as a form of thanks.

    Michael Largey
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes you can't help the face or don't even know it's there. What you can control is what you do next.

    Jac Carr
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a man, you'll never know the look being talked about. It happens the instant they don't like something and it's unmistakable

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    #15

    A woman leaning on a bar looking up at a man standing close, highlighting moments women felt instantly unsafe with men. Bought me a drink and then joked about it being spiked, followed by a nervous laugh.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seen it. It's amazing how fast that random white powder goes in. I was telling the bartender and security inside of a minute and I never saw him again.

    MalayDragon
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never accept a drink from a stranger especially like a mixed drink or cocktail.

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    Tamra
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What sort of brain dead idiot thinks that's a remotely funny thing to say?

    Wild Cream
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People who aren’t usually the victims of this kind of a*****t and have never had to be worried about it :( aka most straight men (although we’ve all heard of men who have been drugged too so everyone should please be aware and careful!)

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    DrBronxx
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "if I joke about it, she won't think that it's actually spiked"

    FreeTheUnicorn
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't take drinks from strangers.

    Sally-Ann
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same thing happened to someone I know. She immediately told the bartender to call security because someone had spiked her drink. The dude got all defensive "I was just joking". Security told him it wasn't a joking matter and they were going to test the drink and call the cops. Dude booked it like his a*s was on fire. She heard later that the pub sent his picture (from CCTV footage) to all the clubs and pubs in the area with a warning to keep a watch out.

    Na Schi
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When a guy I didn’t know happened to buy me a drink (and I wasn't able to see it the whole time), I asked him to take some sips first... usually not an issue. But two times those 'nice' guys really got offended, started to make fun of me, then telling me I was a sissy, causing a scene about nothing. Big red flag, so I left them and the drink to their rants (both times, the drink stayed untouched). Very telling. Additionally, never go out alone, ladies. Always have your group of friends with you (even if you're sometimes dispersed all over the club - clue: those guys thinking I was on my own).

    Barbara Deskins
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    someone spiked my drink years ago. Fortunately I was with a fried because I felt Like I had a lobotomy or something

    Trillian
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bottled beer only. I will open it myself.

    Miranda Prince
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd pour it out on his shoes, and walk away. (At least, I'd want to do that.)

    Suby
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Act like you're the TSA. If someone jokes about having something that's not allowed, you go into high alert.

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    #16

    Man with glasses and beard sitting in a chair, representing the theme of women feeling instantly unsafe with a man. My most recent therapist and I were talking about beliefs and I told him I was an atheist and his demeanor immediately changed. He got incredibly tense and visibly rigid, got really curt, and glared at me the same way my dad and brother used to when they really wanted to hurt me- and eventually would. It was the kind of glare that you know is followed up by an attack. And he just sat there for a bit, glaring in silence, jaw clenched, unblinking. And then said “let’s just schedule your next session”. Which we did, and I cancelled it two days later because I felt so unsafe.

    I know that if it hadn’t been a virtual appointment, he would’ve hurt me. I feel it in my gut.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I only go to therapists who are not men. I do not and never will trust men.

    Joshua David
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the 90s i begged the hospital i was an in patient of to set me up in after care with a female therapist because that's who i was most comfortable with and they scheduled me with a man named Jeff because it will be "good for me." Derailed my progress and ended up back in patient because i felt too uncomfortable with him. 90s.

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    Rosecat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a Christian and my therapist is an atheist. We have a great professional relationship.

    Miranda Prince
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that is as it should be! I'm an atheist, and many of my friends are believers. Neither I nor they have to compromise our ethics to be friends; we just have to not be a-holes.

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    GalPalAl
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same for me about only going to see female gynos

    Binky Melnik
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can’t stand female gynes! It seems to me that because they’re familiar with girl parts that they needn’t be gentle, whereas men, who haven’t a clue what hurts and what doesnt, are much more gentle, in my experience. I vacillate between two gay gynecologists. (Yeah, I know! But both said they got into the field because of the wonder of birth which, when I thought about it, seemed obvious in retrospect, but it didn’t occur to me at first because all I could think was “Yuck!” on their behalves.) The last female gynecologist I had did nothing but terrify me, wanting to biopsy everything whether or not it made any sense, and when I turned her down, got angry, and I couldn’t deal another moment with her constantly instilling fear in me. The gay men are MUCH more thoughtful and sensitive, and haven’t ever ONCE scared or hurt me.

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    Binky Melnik
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope to hell she did! The world doesnt need therapists doing MORE damage than you went to them to help solve! 🤬🤬🤬

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    Ren
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only time I ever went to a male therapist, after the whole introduction and why I was there, he just glared at me and dismissively said "well what do you want me to do about it?" Shortest visit ever.

    Katiekat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds to me like he was abused by someone and it had something to do with religion, and he has NOT worked on his own issues. Drop, ghost, move on, do not give him the satisfaction of a goodbye in person or even an email.

    Gabriel Camomescro
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a pretty specific diagnosis with very little to go on. You ok?

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    Tommy DePaul
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    5 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a retired LCSW child, adolescent, and family therapist. I'm also Catholic. I trained initially in a residential treatment center for adolescent girls. It was a requirement that they be on birth control. That wasn't too difficult. Later I had to support a client that just had an abortion. That was tougher. Later, I worked with adolescent and adult s*x offenders and a kid who killed. After a while you realize they are all people and you just help them make their lives better, any way you can.

    officerripley
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost the exact same thing happened to me with my therapist except she was female. I never went back.

    Ravenkbh
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    Just doing God's work.... again

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    #17

    Young woman with backpack standing against teal wall, looking thoughtful and uneasy, reflecting moments of feeling instantly unsafe. Invited me to his house, asked me up to his bedroom to listen to music, acted perfectly normally for several hours, then got between me and the door when I stood up to leave, and didn’t let me out for half an hour until I reminded him that my mother was expecting me back by a certain time. I’d just turned 14, and it didn’t worry me especially at the time because, as far as I was concerned, this was just how boys acted sometimes.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gen-X flashbacks. If you remember the Bicycle Man episode of Different Strokes. You know what I'm talking about.

    Amanda Reinstatler
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its scary how much "normalizing" terrible things somehow allows them to continue.....its the US Presidents entire term strategy.

    TruthoftheHeart
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    6 months ago

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    Her parents failed her, everyone should know of their physical and sexual dangers by that age, especially the danger of attack

    #18

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It When I was 17 I worked at a small grocery store where I was often the only cashier on shift, so I was alone a lot. I had a consistent rotation of creepy, older men who had zero understanding of boundaries. Here’s the highlight real:

    • A man was having trouble with the credit card scanner so I leaned over to help him, and he breathed in deeply and said, “Well you sure smell good,” in a way that made my blood pressure spike. He and the guy he was with laughed at me when I became visibly uncomfortable.

    • An old man reached across the register to rub my shoulder as he commented on how much of one color I was wearing. I flinched away but he kept smiling.

    • One guy was pretty friendly but asked way too many questions about my personal life, and sometimes held up the line if I wouldn’t answer. He once saw me walking alone in the neighborhood and pulled his truck up to the curb to call out to me and try to have a full conversation, and I felt so unsafe interacting with him without the protection of being in the store with other people around.

    • Once, at the end of my shift, a guy stopped me on my way to my car to ask if I worked there. When I confirmed, he smiled and said, “They always have the most beautiful girls working there.” He drove away but I still felt unsettled, and then one of the other store employees ran up to me to ask about the interaction and informed me that the man I’d spoken to was not allowed inside the store. He would not elaborate on why.

    I don’t think I was ever in genuine physical danger with most of those guys, but I was so young and so much smaller than all of them, and they never stopped for a second to think how their behavior made me feel. Just thinking about it now, the fear is still so clear in my memory even ten years later.

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    L.V
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a young adult I was working in a restaurant with lots of regulars. I was quite friendly, and a couple of old ladies told me it was nice to have a smiling and bubbly waitress for once, rather than the usual stern faces. Yeah, I quickly understood while waitresses stopped smiling, after several older guys hit on me and tried to proposition me. One even wanted to divorce his wife and marry me ( he was older than my father)

    Wild Cream
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked in a bar from age 23-27. The amount of men who could not walk past me without touching my back or waist or hips was so creepy. When you’re just punching an order into the computer and then you suddenly feel some old man’s hand grip your waist and slither along your back while he hisses “pardon me darlin’” in your ear with his cigarette & dead fish breath……ugh it still makes me shudder

    Faramir10
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grabbing your hand when giving back change.

    Only Me
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, you actually WERE in physical danger. Regardless, they have harmed you because of how you still feel the fear.

    #19

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It This happened several years ago and to this day I cannot tell you when that man began to follow me.

    The company I worked for was being restructured. I had gone into work to talk to the board of directors then was told I had like 3hrs before I would be needed again, so I could leave and come back.

    That is how I found myself at 10am on a cold and snowy Wednesday in January at a mall.
    Wandered around, bought a couple of things and then got an early lunch in the food court.

    There were maybe 10-20 people there. Very quiet Winter day.

    Tons of empty seats and chairs.

    This man plopped down in the chair opposite me and began to eat. Made some comment about “finally”…

    I got up to move, he followed.
    He made a comment how I am being rude, and I might not look good in the dress I bought.
    Made another comment about the makeup and books I bought as I got up again.

    I told him to f**k off.
    I moved again, he told me to “Stop it, just relax, I have been following and watching you for over an hour. Pretty girls need to be kinder and let men sit with them.”

    Nope.

    I got a bag from the food place to transfer it to go, told the young university students working what was up, then walked to my car.
    Drove around and ended up at the library where I ate in the parking lot.

    That one encounter has always stood out because I somehow missed him following me.
    I missed the moment he walked over and sat down.
    I wasn’t on my phone.
    I don’t even remember being in deep thought, just bored from not working.

    I am generally so observant and on guard in public, and this one time I wasn’t.
    It freaked me out and I now ensure that if I am not in the right frame of mind I should not go on a walk or to a mall so I can remain observant.

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    Jac Carr
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Serously, why do men think women owe them something? Who the f**k told them they're that f*cking interesting that every woman is falling over themselves to be with them? Men - you ain't it

    Binky Melnik
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This post right here encapsulates pretty much what every woman hasta deal with just *going out in public*. It’s really sad that we hafta be this way, being uneasy and uncomfortable, because there are far, FAR too many men like this who try to tell you you need them and their presence, that they’ll keep you safe from creeps, while being mystifyingly oblivious to the fact that THEY are the type we’re scared we’ll encounter! Was thinking it’d be good to teach boys and girls in school about this, telling ‘em how to avoid being victims and predators, but in this political climate, it just wouldn’t fly, and likely the parents most vocally against it are the parents of boys who behave this way. Argh, argh, argh. 🖕🏻. Twice.

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    Crystalwitch60
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yea tells you relax then says that n expects u you be ok wtf that dude was dangerous 🤬

    #20

    Woman looking uneasy inside a car with a man, capturing moments of feeling instantly unsafe with a man. Drove me home from a party, wouldn’t let me out of the car unless I gave him my number.

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    Crystalwitch60
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah hey here’s my no , !,,,,,,,,, 08000 F U K OFF !that’s been my reply for a good few decades now lol

    Lady Eowyn
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK, here's the number. Him: calls. Them: Hello, Local Animal Hospital.

    Amanda Reinstatler
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    D**n I miss the good ol days when you could give out fake random phone numbers freely and be on your way.....sigh....technology f*cked that all up

    CPooh
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Local area code + 867-5309. Say it, instead of singing it. No one ever realizes.

    Sally-Ann
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lass I know memorised a spam phone number (one of those 'please call this number to pay your outstanding fees to an organisation you don't deal with"). That's the number she gives asshats when they get pushy.

    Wild Cream
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was leaving the bar one night and a young guy wouldn’t leave me alone. I probably said no 100x. He finally begged me to share a taxi with him and I said “fine, but I’m going home to my anpartment and then you’re going home to your house.” When the taxi pulled up at my place first, I said goodnight and got out, but he jumped out too. I said NOPE and asked the taxi driver to wait. It was like 2am and I was trying to be quiet but I was almost yelling at this guy begging him to get back in the taxi and get home. He kept refusing and told me he was coming in no matter what I said. My heart was beating so hard, I was like “PLEASE go away, I don’t want you here” and he was just smirking like “nope, I’m coming in, you can’t stop me.” The taxi driver was desperately trying to avoid eye contact with me. I finally took 3 huge steps back and started yelling - I live in an apartment complex so the parking lot is surrounded by the bedroom windows of dozens of residents. I kept repeating “I SAID NO. LEAVE ME ALONE. I WILL SCREAM.” at top volume until he panicked and said “ok ok ok fine, stop, Jesus Christ ” and got back in the taxi. The next day his aunt, who is my age (oh did I mention he was 19 and I’m 32? Twice my size and weight, a huge hockey player dude, but almost half my age and twice my energy lol) was messaging me some pretty nasty stuff. I guess he told her I was mean to him or something? Idk I just blocked her. And him.

    Kalikima
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something about your story doesn't make sense, I read it 3x.. How did they get your number? I thought you went home in the same taxi with him so you wouldn't have to give him your number? Which, btw, is not the smartest move. Which is better to have, your number or your address?

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    Little Bit
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd have given him a fake number.

    AsylumWalker
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That works until they call it in front of you to see if you're lying

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    Learner Panda
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to give the weather telephone number.

    Annamarie Dodge
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i hope you gave him a fake number.

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    #21

    Woman walking alone at night in an urban area, conveying a feeling of safety contrasted with moments of feeling instantly unsafe with a man. Kept insisting and offering to walk me back home late at night (presumably to figure out where exactly I lived on campus at the time) after I had politely declined. Said the words, “what why? It’s not like I’m going to do anything to you.”.

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    Roxy222uk
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude, if you insist you will walk her home when she's stated she doesn't want you to then you're already 'doing something' to her.

    Binky Melnik
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m reminded of the time I was about 22 and went to the same club every weekend. Same fellow would offer at the end of the night to drive me home. After a couple months of his offering and my declining, he said “C’mon! I need to drive you home so I’ll find out where you live and can show up every day to hassle you!” with a big-аss grin in his face. It worked! I laughed, and his charm (and good looks) won me over dim let him drive me home. We dated for a couple months and had a good time. I love it when someone disarms me with charm and humor. 😍

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    Mindghost
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife came back from a night out with her friends by train, so i waited at the train station for her. When she got off there was also a very young woman, about 17 or 18 years old, getting off the train. She was followed by a teenage guy who insisted on walking her home. She declined several times and as she started walking he followed her. I intervened and we, my wife and i, walked her home safely. I felt it very much how scary this situation must be for a woman.

    nottheactualphoto
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm thinking one might make up a name and say something like "Hey Emily, we almost didn't see you! Let's get you home" ..and then take her in tow.

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    Wild Cream
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No means no. That includes when you try to offer someone help with their groceries, offer to walk them home, offer to give them a ride, etc, whatever. No means no, respect it.

    Crystalwitch60
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Till he does ! what a creep pfft

    Jac Carr
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I'm not going to do anything" says every rapist

    LangiStudios
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Said the words, “what why? It’s not like I’m going to do anything to you.”." - Because predators tend to give their prey a healthy heads up, right?

    Amanda Reinstatler
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I love that r**e is at the top of your mind"

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    6 months ago

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    #22

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It Once a police officer thought my house was unoccupied (I had moved in recently and there were boxes and stuff visible through the window, with no lights on). So for whatever reason, that made him think he shouldn't knock on the door but rather TAP on the WINDOW. I had called them like 2 minutes prior because of gunshots right outside lmao. His car also wasn't visible in my driveway. When I tell you I almost shat my soul out when my cats started growling at the window and then I hear tapping. .

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More proof that you don't need the smartz to be the Kopz.

    Jenni Howard
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    American police need the LEAST qualifications & have the SHORTEST training compared to many MANY other countries. Countries of which have significantly lower police related fatalities

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    Nikole
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I fúcking hate when people tap or knock on my windows.

    Joanne Harris
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scary but holy f**k! SHAT MY SOUL OUT!! 😂😂😂😂

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got a phone call late one night from a man who claimed he worked for the King County Sheriff's Office. He was giving me the description of a "body" they'd found wanting to know if it sounded familiar. He described my youngest sister to a tee. I asked for his name & number so I could call him back and he hung up on me. I was totally freaked out (my sister was only about 14 at the time). She was fine.

    Pixie T
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a guard cat instead of guard dog. She used to lay in the entrance hall on top of my shoe unit, she had the perfect view of the path to my front door. She would growl and hiss w/henever anyone came up that pathway be it postman, delivery people, medical professionals even friends she didn't know well. Nobody got to my door unscathed lol

    #23

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It I used to work offshore on large construction/research vessels.

    I had a first mate stop me on the stairway on his floor and show me where his room was and offer me to sleep in the top bunk for “privacy” while he was on shift and not in his room. I was purposefully standing as far away from that open door as possible and quickly left and told the captain as soon as I could.
    He got a talking to and didn’t understand what he did wrong and was ltrying to be nice” because I was sharing a room with 3 other researchers.

    Really odd that he didn’t offer this to any of the male supervisors also sharing a room.

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    #24

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It Started screaming at me and verbally abusing me over the phone over a miscommunication. He didn’t call me names but adopted the most contemptuous, mocking, and dismissive tone of voice. I couldn’t believe my ears because, up to that point, he was the first man I was able to feel remotely safe with after a disastrous marriage (he was aware I was still healing), and it was completely out of character for him.

    I was willing to brush it off as a one-time exception because we were both stressed and severely sleep-deprived, but it only got worse despite my asserting my boundaries loudly and clearly. And that’s how I wound up divorced a second time.

    Severe misunderstandings aside, a good man should never, ever make you feel unsafe. Learned this the hard way but am all the better for it.

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    Sue
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think I would tell a new interest about being abused for a long time. Too many a*****e men look for women like that. They figure if you "let" someone abuse you before, you're more likely to put up with it or not recognize it.

    Crystalwitch60
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is called using your past against you ! My 3rd husband did this , I’ve been divorced 13 yrs now , cos I was NOT going thru all that again ,

    Camilah Yon
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got out of an abu.sive marriage, so any argument after that involved me holding a hammer firmly while saying, "We are adults, and can have an adult disagreement with no physical contact". Never had to have that conversation with my husband though. Together 25 years, and I've never been scared of him

    Jen M
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As in stop marrying all men? Or stop marrying abusers? Because I know most don't marry abusers, they marrying men who seem amazing and turn out to be abusers later, once you're so very trapped.

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    #25

    Woman with short dark hair wiping tears from her face, expressing pain and feeling instantly unsafe with a man. Getting closer and closer to me as I was crying. I knew what he was doing and kept myself turned away from him. When he reached for my face, I screamed at him asking him what the f**k he thought he was doing? His response? Trying to make you feel better.

    Yeah because I'm really trying to get felt up while I'm crying. Idiot.

    Silver6Rules , cottonbro studio Report

    Neopet22
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happened to me too with a "friend" who insisted coming to see me at 2 am when he saw I was sad at work. Ended up coming at 3 even though I insisted he can't come later than 2. Cried in his car how lonely I felt and depressed,he gave me a hug and was feeling up my bra clasp. That was great

    Ravenkbh
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    My touch can cure any unhappiness

    #26

    Woman looking concerned and uneasy while sitting indoors, reflecting feelings of safety and moments of feeling unsafe with a man. A client walks up to me in a space where nobody else was around and says “you look just like my ex wife.” I said “oh, interesting” (because I had no idea what to say to that) and he instantly replied, with direct eye contact: “I f*****g hate my ex wife.”.

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    L.V
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fairly sure she hates you too

    Crystalwitch60
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well we all know why she’s an ex don’t we lol she legged it ! Sensible woman

    WindySwede
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😬🙅‍♂️🚀

    tori Ohno
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We'll, I'm pretty sure she hates you too

    Krd
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Messed up, but out of context it's a little funny; especially since I pictured Larry David saying it.

    #27

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It I was walking to work one day, in a Carl’s Jr uniform. I think I was maybe 16/17. I was trying to get across the street from my complex on a not very busy backroad. A black sedan cut me off and stopped in front of me. He rolled down his window and asked if I could help him out. He was holding a wad of cash, and in his other hand he was holding his d**k and stroking it.
    I called my mom immediately after getting his plates. The cops got him and said he was military. It turned into a he said she said case (even though he technically admitted to it, and said I had called him over to me. I later heard there were a few other girls who had stories about the black car but wouldn’t come forward .) He got off Scott free because there were no witnesses.

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    Pandemonium
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got his plates, called her mom. She did her part right then the System failed

    Lyone Fein
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which happens all the time. Which is why we don’t report things.

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    Crystalwitch60
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eugh something like THAT is protecting America that’s disgusting !! God help the poor women as serve around him , well done op x quick thinking saved your life x

    Binky Melnik
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Crystal, people in the US military aren’t “protecting America.” That’s not what our military does. (Not to mention that more than half of any given branch works in administrative-type jobs.) Does your military “protect” the British people?

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    tori Ohno
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He got off scott free because he was military.

    Binky Melnik
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ? I don’t understand why you think that (unless you’re from somewhere besides the US?) Not only does the military in the US not get cut slack in civilian courts just because they’re military, but the military also has its own justice system, what with trials, jails, fines, and so on.

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    Earonn -
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's important to tell the police, if you feel able to (!). Corroboration can make all the difference.

    Binky Melnik
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even if nothing happens *this* time, there’ll be a record of it, so any subsequent reports will have *much* more weight. It’s about documenting the behavior, as the more reports there are, the more each will be taken seriously.

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    Pam Wilson-Walter
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something very similar happened to me when I was around 12 (I'm 69 now) and walking to the neighborhood store. He blocked the crosswalk and he was holding and stroking his p***s and asked me if I could get in and show him where a certain street was. He circled the block and stopped again. I had a friend that lived right across the street and I proceded to go in their gate and walk around to their back door like I lived there. When I got back home I told my mother all about it. I believe she called the police but I'm not sure. That is an incident I will never forget!

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    #28

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It The way I heard them talk about someone they didn’t like. The anger I could feel was SCARY. It wasn’t directed at me, but I do not do well with anger.. it just irked me.

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    Jay Scales
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sooner or later it would've been directed at you.

    Neopet22
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh yeah happened to me not long ago. I used to have a friend with benefits I met with very rarely,he is older than me and he has a few baby mamas. One of the last times we met,I rented a motel room for us because he doesn't have the most stable living conditions and I live with my mom. After we finished and before sleeping we were just talking and I don't remember how we got to this but he was saying about his ex (who has 2 of his kids) how sometimes he wanted to slap her. I know sometimes people say it but they don't mean it but the way he said it,he totally meant it and he chuckled at it too. Kind of lost all respect for him after that because he wasn't a violent man or angry but that was bizzare.

    Earonn -
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends, of course, on why they don't like that person, but yes, I've seen (and heard) that. How people don't like someone just because they're different and totally dehumanise that person. I left that circle of people soon after (and undoubtedly was the next 'horrible thing' to talk about).

    RomanceRadish
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I do not do well with anger." There is probably a good reason for that. It's not just that it "irked" you.

    #29

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It “You should smile more” dude I’m just at the Apple Store to get my iPhone fixed.

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    KatSaidWhat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I have cancer" tends to end that s**t.

    Nicole Weymann
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I'm so sorry, but my chemo always gets me depressed."

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    Wysteria_Rose
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Contrary to popular belief, just because I see a clown doesn't mean I have to smile.

    Rachel Reynolds
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give them the widest smile possible, show all your teeth. Maintain intense eye contact. Turn your head sideways as far as possible.

    Pixie T
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this once and the guy said "stop it you're freaking me out". He went and reported me to my manager

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    RomanceRadish
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you want to come back with a witty statement please do. But remember you don't have to respond just because someone decides to interact with you

    tori Ohno
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll smile when I see you lying on a slab at the morgue.

    Michael Largey
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Try moving away about 30 feet, and we'll see."

    ۞_shinyhop_۞
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you should MIND YOUR OWN FREAKING BUSINESS MORE

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being really loud and smiling as big as I could to the guy who said that to me on the trolley, "And you should mind your own f*****g business, random strange creepy man".

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    #30

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It Not take no for an answer in any form.

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    Little Bit
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This should be at the top.

    Neopet22
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    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A guy who used to have a very open crush on me at work, drove me home a couple of times when we finished too late. I was never really worried about him because ii also rejected him a lot and he was very happy to lucky and didn't take things seriously. One time he drive me home,be stopped somewhere kind of close but not really if that makes sense,like 10 min away from my house. We talked briefly and he asked me for a kiss,I declined and he kept begging and even leaned closer so I had to pull back towards the passenger door. Ii felt so awkward and I couldn't walk home as it was also very cold and at that moment I felt a bit scared but thankfully he didn't persist after the 3rd or 4th time and drove me home.

    #31

    Woman with short curly hair and red lipstick leaning on a piano, reflecting on moments she felt instantly unsafe with a man. Got upset when I was emotional. Showed me I am unsafe to express my feelings and have support. Showed me that he is emotionally immature and not a safe space for me to be vulnerable.

    witchymamamartin , Gabriela Pereira Report

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    #32

    Young man wearing a blue shirt and watch, smiling and sitting casually, illustrating moments women felt instantly unsafe with a man. "Jokes" about pushing me down the stairs while I was unexpectedly pregnant.

    Walking up and standing within 2-3 inches of my behind in a line/queue and continuing to close to that distance every time I moved forward. I finally stood in front of my shopping cart and noticed he was-- excited to be there. Hadn't quite rubbed it against my backside but I'm sure it was just a matter of time and if he thought he'd get punished for it.

    Engaged the child locks the second I got into his truck and watched me, grinning, for my reaction. (I left from the restaurant on my friend's "emergency check in" call. Online dating is c**p.).

    BeckyDaTechie , nappy Report

    #33

    Man wearing green sweater holding two donuts on a plate, with a focus on feeling instantly unsafe with a man. Showed up to my work unannounced with donuts to make my coworkers like him. Multiple times. We weren't even together. We had matched on hinge i believe and hadn't even gone on a date yet, hadn't hooked up, nothing.

    xvakarian , Linneas Boland-Godbey Report

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's creepy, or really out of sync at best... but guess creepy at best. Hope it went well

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another reason to stay WELL AWAY FROM DATING SITES ! full of lunatics !

    KitKat
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ⚠️ Unhinged! ⚠️

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, OP, how do you like being a policewoman?

    #34

    A woman and a man exiting an elevator, representing moments when women felt instantly unsafe with a man. Insisted I got off the elevator first in a parking garage.

    Randomsocialmail:
    I think I missed learning this one. Genuinely. What is the risk/danger to watch for here?

    QueenSnowTiger:
    Follow you to your car, find out your license plate, follow you home, surprise attack from behind, etc.

    belindabellagiselle , Liliana Drew Report

    CF
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmm. This could go either way. I could see a perfectly normal and truly nice man doing this because he was raised to be chivalrous, or simply bc someone has to exit first. After typing that I scrolled back to the title or this article: "60 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It". This is one of the few that actually belong here, since in a lot of these examples the man clearly knew what he was doing.

    Jac Carr
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I understand what you're saying but men need to grasp the concept of context. Offering for a woman to exit first in a shopping mall or office setting is fine; not if you're exiting into a garage space. Never be right behind a woman in a space like that

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    Ren
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's more about saying he insisted rather than it being just a courteous "ladies first" sort of thing. If it had turned into a back and forth rather than a simple exit, that's creepy.

    Jac Carr
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A woman asked the same question the other day on this exact post elsewhere; I put her straight really quickly so I hope she'll take a second longer to think next time

    Amanda Reinstatler
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ALWAYS walk behind them. YOu need to keep an eye on them

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean he could be a gentleman ladies first n all that lol , personally I hate it , I’m no ladyb😂I’m Welsh n lady n Welsh valley lass does not go in same sentence , but in a crowded place ok safe ,( ish ) going down to a parking lot trust your instincts,

    #35

    Woman in red shirt showing discomfort and unease reflecting times women felt instantly unsafe with a man. I'm a cleaner. I was cleaning his house. He came up to me and looked me fully up and down and said "you REALLY have a lot of tattoos don't you?" And something about the way he said it and his body language just made the hair on my body stand up. F*****g yuck bro.

    GetBent616 , Anna Shvets Report

    Neopet22
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really hate when men stare at you while doing anything physical tbh. Maybe I'm overreacting but a lot of people feel self conscious when working out or cleaning and sweating in general. When I was in my early 20s and worked on retail,i was cleaning up trash from a pallet and I used to wear leggings to work which later I found out were a bit see through when I bent down. The cleaner guy we had was this huge weird older man and he tended to sweep a little too much near my department when I was there and that day,ii was cleaning up and bending down to collect the trash and ii feel him standing behind me. He was just staring at me. Needless to say this guy made my skin crawl.

    #36

    Man in a yellow taxi looking thoughtful with city buildings in the background, highlighting moments women felt instantly unsafe. A taxi driver started complaining about the excess of foreigners. He started saying stuff like "Irish people aren't breeding enough". It gave big Handsmaid Tale vibes and I insisted he drop me off at a grocery store.

    Low-maintenancegal , Tim Samuel Report

    Eastendbird
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    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My partner and I caught a cab back to our flat once. Driver had an Irish accent and my partner (also Irish) asked him where in Ireland he was from. Driver says Belfast and said he moved to London years ago because of the prejudice against Catholics in Northern Ireland. And then...as we approach our flat in east London, driver proceeds to make a series of increasingly racist statements about how "don't suppose many of your neighbours speak any English" and "far too many Muslims in this city these days" etc. DUDE! Can you not hear yourself? Seriously...

    XenoMurph
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's an unreasonable number of racist and xenophobic Irish people, considering we are so often the Xenos

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Irish I know have plenty of breeding.

    Justanotherpanda
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah yes, Irish cabbies. Such lovely lads..

    #37

    Man with beard and long hair looking thoughtfully at a printer, expressing concern about feeling instantly unsafe with a man. At a place I used to work in, I was down in archives with some other dude and the shelves made this really loud noise being compacted. He made a comment about how it's funny you can never hear it upstairs and I realised in that moment that he could do anything he wanted to me and no one would hear me if I screamed. Nothing happened, and I don't think he meant it that way, he was just making an observation, but it made me worry.

    ParticularBrush8162 , cottonbro studio Report

    Susie Elle
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the only one where I think that the guy genuinely was just making an off-hand comment, but I can fully imagine being freaked out by it

    roddy
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like when someone is walking behind you at night. They could be perfectly innocent, but you will still speed up or cross the street. The fear is real. I know some men feel it's rude when women do this, as they don't mean any harm. And some idiots think it's cute to speed up or cross the street and follow after, simply out of pique. But they don't seem to realize they are strangers and there's no way for us to know whether they are dangerous or not. And behaving like predators makes them predators too.

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    Crystalwitch60
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m a very suspicious person I trust. NO ONE (bar my two kids obvs) n that comment would have had me on my metal instantly I gotta say , it’s a bloody strange thing to say to a female ffs even if it is meant totally off hand , never say things like that !

    #38

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It I was in college, and some of my floormates had organized a movie night. After the movie, when people were talking and not paying attention to us, he said he was “too tired” to go back to his dorm, heavily hinting that I should be “nice” and let him stay in mine. 👀👀👀 No. I didn’t want anything to do with whatever version of him would have shown up when we were alone.

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    #39

    Close-up of a man smiling, illustrating the contrast of moments women felt instantly unsafe with a man who seemed safe. Out of the blue in mid conversation: "if a woman hit me I have no problem beating her for it." (Starts laughing and goes back to the original discussion he interrupted to throw this unrelated thing out there and acts like everything is fine). Didn't feel threatened at the time or like he was agitated or being aggressive at all in that moment, but it quickly made me worried.

    Broke it off with him fairly quickly after that. Like there was any reason to state that and I got this feeling after that that it wouldn't even take somebody, anybody hitting him for him to want to put somebody in the hospital or worse.

    Mazikeen369 , Manish Jain Report

    Jac Carr
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fact he said "beat" instead of saying "I'd hit her back" is huge

    Rosecat
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People can defend themselves. If someone tries to physically hurt me and I am a match for them, I am hitting back, beating, whatever, and not counting or keeping score.

    DetriMentaL (It/That)
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rolling joke between the ex and his dad.. "what was the last thing the man said before hitting his wife? shut up" or how about mother's ex boyfriend that would brag about how he beat up the head prefect girl at the orphanage. *spoiler* all were aggressively a*****e men.

    #40

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It Held me down even though I told him to let me up while "playing".

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    roddy
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate this. And being picked up and moved around like an object. I panic.

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's when being fat comes in handy. I'm hard to kidnap. ;)

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    Jac Carr
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will kick the sh!t out of you if you try this or intense tickling. Nope my man, f**k you

    Annamarie Dodge
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    had one do that to me one time...and one time only...he quickly got my knee right to the royal jewels...this was after i slaved making a very fancy dinner for us at his place...he tried to grab my ankle as i made a beeline for the door...i left my pans and everything there and never went back to retrieve them.

    #41

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It I took the train into the city for our date, so my car was at the train station and I had a round trip train ticket (like a 15 min train ride)

    This was our first date, and when it was over, he was *adamant* about driving me back to my car rather than me take the train. I told him no thank you, I’ll just take the train cause I already paid for the ticket. He was *begging* me and it was honestly weird. I told him I didn’t feel comfortable with it because I didn’t know him well, and he got kind of offended by it. Still didn’t let him drive me back though lol.

    Yea. He was honestly a really strange guy. At the time I didn’t think too much about how weird the driving-me-back-to-my-car thing was, so I went on like two more dates with him and there were more and more red flags, and I realized the littlest things would cause him to like.. become incredibly upset and act strange and distant?? Plus he told me he and his ex broke up because “she wasn’t getting his hints” lol. Dude was a weirdo.

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    #42

    Man in black suit cautiously peeking through a door, illustrating moments women felt instantly unsafe with a man. Stood between me and the door.

    googlyeyes183 , Ron Lach Report

    cerinamroth
    Community Member
    6 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An apprentice handyman who was at our house when I was pregnant did this to me while I was trying to get my lunch ready in the kitchen. I am 160cm (5'3 in weird, I think) and was like a perfectly round angry bird in my 7th month. He was big enough to have to stoop in the door frame. The master craftsman who was in charge of him came back after getting the supplies he needed, I told him what had happened and he fired the guy immediately. Those are the kinds of allies we need.

    Binky Melnik
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Celina, I’m assuming “5'3 in weird” is an idiom in your native tongue; I’d be grateful if you’d explain its meaning as it’s “weird” to those of us unfamiliar with the term. Thanks!

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    ptm45
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would've pushed him or stomped on his foot

    Svenne O'Lotta
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How the fúck would that have helped? He was twice her size. And no, you wouldn't.

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    MalayDragon
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    6 months ago

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    While I agree this can make people feel unsafe, more context is required. Was he actively blocking the door to prevent you getting out, or just you know standing in a room where the door just happened to be behind him?

    KatSaidWhat
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He could and should have moved if his intentions were pure.

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    #43

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It Boundary testing: touching, sarcastic jokes, following me, see what I will/won't put up with, plausible deniability, manipulation, road rage.

    Potential-Smile-6401 , Kumpan Electric Report

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bloody hell u could see THAT RED FLAG from outer space 🤬

    #44

    Man driving a red car with a serious expression, representing moments women felt instantly unsafe with a man. Showing up to my house to pick me up for a date drunk.

    Telling me they don’t believe my abuse. When I’m not the one bringing it up or inquiring or asking to talk about it…

    Asking me small sexual things like blow me a kiss when I’m not even comfortable speaking to them.

    Just starting to get to know each other and touching me in any way. It’s crazy how some people can think instant sexual attraction is mutual.

    ___adreamofspring___ , JÉSHOOTS Report

    Chocolate llama
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uncomfortable touch, groping and worse is NEVER about sexual attraction but always about power.

    Binky Melnik
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, it’s not “NEVER” about attraction. I’m sure it’s about power at least some of the time, but other times it IS sexual. “There are no absolutes” is the one true absolute I can think of. 😉

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    Fellfromthemoon
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    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never thought about blowing a kiss being s exual.

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s not the kiss that’s sexual al it’s the meaning behind it !, n in this case she was right to trust her instincts, he meant it the WRONG WAY

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    #45

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It Saying wow I’m sorry that happened then ends up doing the same thing but worse 😭

    Or instantly wanting s*x, to kiss my lips, or call me s**y on the first date? And throws a hissy fit because I said no respectfully. Bye.

    anon______eyes61111 , Brock Wegner Report

    tori Ohno
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't you just love it when they call you a s**t because you won't sleep with them? I've never understood that logic?

    Jac Carr
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how they don't get that it's a self-own. So she'll sleep with literally anyone, except you? Nice, lol

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    #46

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It Stood in my way when I was walking in the aisle at a grocery store. When I tried to walk past him he kept moving with me. I could see that he wanted me to talk to him, his behavior was just so bizarre.

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    Lady Eowyn
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Speak up in a very loud voice, EXCUSE ME YOU'RE IN MY WAY.

    Princess Possum
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Self defense course I took - officer said not to be polite. Predators expect women to be polite. Yell MOVE! or STOP! in a deep voice from your gut. We had to practice it.

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    tori Ohno
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Security!!! Screamed as loudly as you can.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As loud as possible, "Get the f*ck out of my way".

    Neopet22
    Community Member
    5 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Had a guy follow me aisle to aisle at Walmart trying to talk to me. I shop with headphones in so it was kind of easier to pretend I didn't see him as I was busy choosing items but I could see him from my peripheral vision. I got so uncomfortable because if you see someone is not paying attention to you,then go. Don't stalk them through the aisles. When I was at the fish station choosing my salmon I thought he left only to turn around and see him right next to me. Men,if you want to hit on a woman,that's fine but please learn signs and cues when you shouldn't pursue it any longer.

    Amanda Reinstatler
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a man follow me around a grocery store with a bottle of wine begging me to let him cook dinner for me that night. Who would say yes to that???

    #47

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It On a speed dating event hugged me very tightly and asked which hotel I’d be staying at in Hawaii on a trip I was taking with my mother the following week….

    He ended up on the news and was all over the FB page “Are we dating the same guy”. I reported him that night to the speed dating event. I just felt it.

    Ola_maluhia , Savannah Dematteo Report

    #48

    Man leaning out window waving hand with uncertain expression, illustrating moments women felt instantly unsafe with a man. Figured out where I was when I sent him a photo at the time, and surprise visited.

    wasabibabe , Nataliya Vaitkevich Report

    Kristiina Männiste
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stalker. I foolishly sent my ex the view out of my window and he figured out where I lived, where my bedroom was located in the large house and sent me a photo of my bedroom window encircled with a red heart. The photo was taken at night when I slept..... Yup the rest of the relationship was mostly me trying to lose him and him resisting and stalking me.

    Binky Melnik
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eeesh! My blood ran cold and I felt a stab of fear in my stomach just reading your paragraph! I think that had I experienced what you did, i mightta started screaming and not stopped until I passed out! I’m glad you’re still around to tell us about this horror. (And thanks a lot for the nightmares. 😬🫣)

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    #49

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It Made a “joke” about putting something in someone’s drink.

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    Sue
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think their faulty logic in this type of thing is that no one who would really do that would joke about it. It's good when they out themselves.

    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another illogical part is considering the subject funny at all.

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    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they joke bout stuff like that RUN !

    #50

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It Talked about my v****a surgery to his best friend after I explicitly told him how private I am about my medical needs.

    MundaneGazelle5308 , Ketut Subiyanto Report

    #51

    Man with nose ring and floral shirt sitting outdoors, reflecting on moments feeling instantly unsafe with a man. He complimented himself over and over. Looking for me to agree. I could see where he was annoyed that I wasn’t complimenting him enough.

    It made me really uncomfortable because I knew he would be THEE worst to have an argument with.

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    #52

    Interrupting me when I’m trying to explain something important.

    Or interrupting at all, really.

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    #53

    Yelled at me when I told him about a guy friend that I have zero feelings for.

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    #54

    Man whispering closely to a woman who looks uncomfortable, highlighting moments women felt instantly unsafe with a man. We were laying down watching a movie, he placed his head on top of mine and then squeezed me so tight it hurt and whispered “I already miss you”. Scared me a lot, I broke up with him the next day. Something about the way he said it.

    truly_rach , cottonbro studio Report

    Reemerger
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That IS a weird thing to say, like he already planned how he is going to make her disappear.

    #55

    50 Times Men Terrified Women Without Even Realizing It My ex asked me to be his gf after he drove me out to the middle of the woods at midnight. I had no idea where i was if he left me there in anger, and i had nobody to call for help. I knew him for around 3 weeks at this point.

    strangelyahuman , Ekaterina Belinskaya Report

    Sue
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hopefully, he became her ex after she got home. I guess technically he would still be an ex.

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    #56

    I had a landscape lighting repair tech be a no show twice from scheduled appointments. He finally called me to reschedule. He showed up and told me he didn’t show because he was in jail. “That b-word had me arrested for not paying child support.”. He finished his work, and when he left I researched his name on the local sheriff’s website. Turns out that was the truth, but also had several arrests for d**g possession. I could only assume he didn’t have the money for child support payments because it was going up his nose - c*****e.

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    #57

    Woman looking distressed while a man gently touches her shoulder on a couch, highlighting feeling instantly unsafe with a man. Told me I was safe with him.

    OkamiiSan , Pavel Danilyuk Report

    #58

    Dying laughing at Megan the Stallion getting shot.

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    Multa Nocte
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Singer who was shot by a guy who denied it but is now in prison for it.

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    #59

    Compared me to pinup model bettie page after i just mentioned i had recently turned 17 🫠🫠.

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    Michael Largey
    Community Member
    6 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Run. Run very fast. Page was known for her bondage modeling.

    #60

    Cross my boundaries.

    Howlsmovingcastles Report