Woman Gets Followed Home By Three Strangers, Hugs This Black Guy And Asks Him To Help Her

The sad reality is that most men are unaware of how scary it can be to be a woman in certain circumstances.

Back when I used to work nights in a bar, my female co-workers used to ask me to walk them to their cars all the time. I found out later it was mainly because the bar manager was a real creep. The owner finally fired him, after about a year. Now he makes 6 figures as a GM in a major chain here in Oregon. God I hate corporate culture.

This reminded me of something that happened a few months ago in my country. A woman was rapped she could run away from the guy who rapped her. She ran to the side of he road and stopped a car. There were two guys in the car she asked for help and told them about what just happened to her. The guys let her in the car. Do you know what happened next? Do you think they helped her? NO . they took her somewhere else and RAPPED HER AGAIN. Just imagine that 🤯 . I have a father a brother a boyfriend and many guy friends and I love them all with all my heart . But when I hear about stories like this I can't help myself . I get so angry that I just hate all men 🤬🤬🤬🤬

We can all help each other in these situations. If someone felt threatened and came up to me for help, I wouldn't mind. It is sad that we still have to worry about these things in this day and age. This guy was really nice and made that woman feel safe. I wish that there was more that could be done about people behaving that way.

Years ago when I was a college student, a guy I talked to online but never met came to my job, which at the time was a grocery store. I was a cashier and he just stood there, talking to me helping me bag groceries. He was waiting for me to get off and I wasn’t having that. I tipped my boss and he told him to leave. I thought it was over and once I did get home I had received several angry messages from him. I lied to make it seem like I didn’t ask my boss to make him leave as I didn’t know how he’d react. He didn’t believe me. So as I’m chatting with him (this was before texting so we still used AIM to chat) he hacked my computer and IMed me, as me. It freaked me out so I called a police officer friend who immediately knew the guy, as he was called on earlier in the night. He told him to leave me alone and I never heard from him since. I’m thankful for my boss at the time and I’m thankful for the police officer friend. Who knows what could have happened to me.

I hate these guys that are constantly mackin' on the ladies - cat calling, following them, coming on to them with sophomoric sexual advances and crude innuendo. While relatively few in number, these relentless dopes make women suspicious and fearful of men, which is totally understandable for women. As a normal guy that respects people and was raised to be a gentleman, it pains me to feel the fear and nervousness of women in every day situations like being in an elevator, walking to the car park, etc. I'm a big guy - way bigger and taller than the average person but not particularly intimidating (at least I don't think so!). I purposefully avoid looking at or otherwise acknowledging women in most situations because I don't want them to be nervous or scared. It's sad but I totally understand. I wish these fools would grow up and treat everyone - including women - with dignity and respect. Women aren't objects!

How unspeakably awful is it that we have to live this way?

This is really upsetting, girls stay safe out there, plan your route home and avoid dark or lonely places.

Oh, thank you so much for being so kind. You are making the world a MUCH better place. Thank you forever.

This is how you help. Listen. Pay attention. Don't swoop in like you're gonna be a hero, but be there. Be available. Even linking up with other women will help.

Love this! BUT why was it necessary to put "Black Guy" in the headline? Couldn't the same message have gotten across if the headline had said "Random Guy"? If the amazing man in this story had been white, would the headline read "White Guy"? Race shouldn't even come into play in this story, except when acknowledging his Twitter handle. Disappointed in the headline Bored Panda.

Mr. Black Professor, would you please run for president? We need more of your kindness in this country right now. Thank you.

makes me so happy whenever another man starts to realize, what a lot of women experience. and all us actually been through attacks, no wonder, harmless acts from men can feel so treathening. seeing men stand up for women makes the world feel a bit better everytime, the horrible ones are few, but the impact is massive. thank you thank you thank you all you good people.

Love this...... Just wanted to add a bit of my story.... Walking in a mall in Florida when I noticed a lady heading my way with her zipper completely open. So I walked up to her and hugged her and whispered in her ear about her zipper, and while I kept hugging her, she pulled up her zipper and kissed my cheek. We both smiled at each other and went on our way....... This is not the same as what Black Professor experienced, but his story brought this memory to mind. Being there for others to help them through life is what we are supposed to be here for. Thank you Black Professor for such a kind and understanding heart.

That woman was extremely lucky. I'm so thankful I don't have to be out walking at night like this.

I was in a similar situation like this once when I was a kid. My sister and I went down to our hotel pool while our family was on vacation. There was this guy who was just sitting there all by himself. He didn't have any kids with him and he was just sitting in a lounge chair on the side of the pool. He kept looking at us and at one point my sister told me to very slowly and without drawing any attention to myself to get out of the pool. We went back to our room after that and made sure we watched our backs on the way. My sister was about 16 and I was about 13 at the time. We didn't see that guy for the rest of our trip and our dad didn't let us go anywhere in the hotel alone after that.

hmmm! Happened to me in a bar in Lüneburg.. saw a woman being harassed by 2 pretty mouthy Russians; played the friend, which worked more or less. Apparently they were waiting for me later outside, but a VERY big biker guy had followed the last part, went out and apparently scared the s**t out of them......1

I am stuck on the heading "hugs this black guy". Like, really? How is his race relevant to this story? NO!

Humanity restored.

I was once followed home after a party, so pretty late. I did all the usual things that women do, that men don't even think about , like crossing the road to see if he followed, looking out for lit houses, but it was late. Eventually I came to a row of shops where there was a kebab cafe, which of course was heaving at that time of night. I stopped there because of the people and the guy just sort of hung about at the edge of the people outside. So I just screamed 'will you just F*** off following me!' at the top of my voice. Everyone looked and he slunk off. I waited a while longer and then made it home, which wasn't far from there, but I didn't want to get home with him still following. No one was such a knight as Black Professor was, but it's true, guys don't even know what women have to do just to be safe.

I have also done this. If it means the difference between getting home or not getting home that evening, do it! I've never read a story where the man chosen to be the protector has regretted or refused to do it. Men were made to protect and the decent ones are proud as punch to be someone's security.

this man is amzing!

I'm wondering, are the Americas so unsafe for women? I lived in East London, in Rotterdam, in Istanbul, I was never afraid to walk home or take a cab alone at night