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Even the Western world, which is the beacon of human rights, continues to have problems with sexism. For example, according to some surveys, European women are 3.6 times more likely to suffer from unwanted sexual attention than men. Interested in how this looks in everyday life, TikTok user @tanyapidgor asked all the ladies on the platform to share the most unhinged comments they received in public from random guys, and of the tens of thousands of replies that she got, many were so awkward and offensive that they felt like poor skits, not real-life encounters—though, surprisingly, a few were oddly sweet or unintentionally wholesome.

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#1

48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It When I was a cashier, a customer told me I was selfish for having such long hair and that I should cut it to donate to those in need. He wouldn’t leave me alone about it so I told him I’d donate mine if he donated his. He was bald 🤷🏻‍♀️

🌸Jess 🌸 , splitov27 Report

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    #2

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I smiled at an older gentleman at a local coffee shop. He stopped in his tracks & asked me if my mother was (insert her maiden name) I said yes…he told me he was a teacher of hers and I have her smile

    Shanae Carpenter , freepik Report

    The exact numbers can vary from study to study depending on their definitions, but one survey suggests that roughly 4 in 5 women (81 percent) have experienced some form of sexual harassment.

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    That includes verbal forms (77%) of sexual harassment, like being catcalled or whistled at, or receiving unwanted comments of a sexual nature.

    #3

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It A man chased me. Actually chased me a mile. To tell me he liked my smile (while extremely out of breath). A MILE. CHASED ME.

    abigail anne , senivpetro Report

    #4

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It older man asked if he could walk me across the crosswalk. he seemed nice so I said yes. "you look just like my Melody, the day we met. She's gone now. Thanks for letting an old man relive the day he met the love of his life. You're going to be one heck of a wife one day" idk why I stopped, why i let him [working woman] me, but it was worth it for that kind man

    Angel Ake , EyeEm Report

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    #5

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It A positive one. A British man was walking past and we bumped. I apologized. And he said “not to worry you beautiful little evening primrose”. Made my whole life.

    💜JustCallMeAJ💜 , freepik Report

    Such behavior is so widespread that you can find it in places you'd least expect it. For instance, another survey of 1,049 female LinkedIn users between the ages of 27 and 42 discovered that a whopping 91% of them say they received romantic advances or sexually inappropriate messages on the platform at least once. Almost a quarter (24%) said the messages showed up in their account daily or every other day.

    #6

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I’m admittedly overweight. I forgot something in the grocery store, so I had to go back in. A man walked up next to me said, “Going back in for seconds?”

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    #7

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It One time I was walking my dog with my friend and a guy standing outside smoking said “You’re beautiful mama”, looked at my friend said “[darn] you’re beautiful too” then looked at my dog and said “[darn] even the dogs beautiful” 😭

    olivia , EyeEm Report

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    #8

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I have an aquiline nose, I was shopping and this man came up to me and told me I had the most beautiful side profile. I spent years hating my side profile and this actually empowered me.

    Something witty , garetsvisual Report

    However, if you know how to give a compliment, the fact that you don't know someone doesn't have to stop you from doing so. It's even in your best interest.

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    Raj Raghunathan, PhD, author of If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?, believes that one of the reasons complimenting others makes you feel better is that it helps you perceive yourself as a generous, bighearted person, which, in turn, increases your self-esteem.

    It's easy to forget how good a little praise can make another person feel, but many of us have moments where we notice and appreciate something about others. Let's try to tell them, only nicely.

    #9

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I’m in a wheelchair, and men often come up to me and say, “You’re too pretty to be in a wheelchair.” Thanks, I guess🥴

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    #10

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It Not about my appearance, but I had my daughter with Down syndrome with me and he came up and asked me if I considered abortion.

    thebetter_heather , freepik Report

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    #11

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I had an old white man tell me he’d buy me if that was still legal, bcuz I’m so pretty he’d have to have me to himself…..🙃 I’ve never in my life been more speechless and angrier than I was that day

    novembers.finest , pvproductions Report

    #12

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I was 8 months pregnant and my BOSS at Walmart said “You can dye your hair all you want but it ain’t gonna make you look no better.” I called HR. They just changed his schedule 🙄 But I got the last laugh because he died a year later. So.

    Jobin , freepik Report

    #13

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It My 7th grade teacher told me I was developing nicely.

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    #14

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It A patient at my job told me that I look like all of my friends are over educated communists. Slay 😎

    jessieallthetime , freepik Report

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    #15

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It One time I walked past a group of teenage boys and one UNPROVOKED says “4/10”

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    #16

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It When I cut my front bangs too short, and a guy told me I looked like lord farquad

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    #17

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It A homeless drag queen told me I wore too much makeup.

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    #18

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It Man came up to me at a bar and told me I had a nice tummy and kept laughing and pointing at it. He then got kicked out

    andilayman , PAKMUD Report

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    #19

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It When I was a waitress a customer said "you are so smiley, I want to punch that smile off your face because you just seem so sweet and happy." I said "sorry" and had my manager take that table.

    User , stefamerpik Report

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    #20

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It a random man on the streets in Italy came up to me and my roommate and looked at her and said you are beautiful and then looked at me and said and you are normal

    juliaminichiello , freepik Report

    #21

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I had on flip-flops and he said I had toes like a fruit bat 😂

    NatalieSueWho , EyeEm Report

    #22

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It a homeless man named “Jessica” told me he loved my blush…I told him it was rosacea and he said it was chic💀

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    #23

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It when I worked at staples in HS I was drinking a cold pressed juice and a grown as man told me “did you know that drinking and eating healthy makes you taste sweeter?” Then proceeded to make it worse & says “I bet you taste sweet I know youd taste sweet”. I WAS A MINOR. My manager had to kick him out and told him if he didn’t leave hed be calling the police

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    #24

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I got pixie cut and was feeling really good about it. I bumped into my nephew’s friend at the mall, he asked if I cut my hair I said yes he then said “you look ugly dnt ever do that again.” 💀

    Maggie Caballero , EyeEm Report

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    #25

    I had on a teal green dress with flowers. Not one but two men, on the same day, came up to tell me that I looked like a can of Arizona Tea 😭

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    #26

    that he wanted to floss my teeth

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    #27

    Someone literally came up to me in a library and said I had the prettiest eyes he’s ever seen and ran away. He ran.

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    #28

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I had a man insist that I was a nephilim after repeatedly assuring him I was not.

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    #29

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It Someone told me I looked like Marilyn Manson. Pretty sure they meant Marilyn Monroe since I had a bleach blonde bob. I think about it weekly.

    madeleine , Georges Biard Report

    #30

    Old guy said I was a handsome young man. I’m a woman in my 30s. I decided it was time to let go of the short haircut.

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    #31

    When I was 9 I was walking with my dad to the video store, holding hands, and a guy asked my dad “is that your girlfriend?”

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    #32

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I had a patient at my job tell me I looked like Owen Wilson. Never recovered

    Brooketini🩷 , Georges Biard Report

    #33

    An old man stopped me in the grocery store when I was 7 months prego. He instantly started crying & praying for the baby. At the time I thought it was so sweet. My son was stillborn at full term.

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    #34

    I had a customer tell me if he “was a girl he would hate me”

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    #35

    At a small bar in NOLA, two vampire looking guys slide in, one was suddenly next to me cradling my face in his hand and said “a face that deserves to be beautiful forever”. Like an Anne Rice novel

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    #36

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It My daughter's dentist used MY JAW as a reference on how they are not supposed to look 😭

    Angie Van Hill , freepik Report

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    #37

    One time I was walking on my college campus and this random man driving by rolled down his window while I was crossing the street and yelled “GIRL, YOU GOT THE BIGGEST FOREHEAD I’VE EVER SEEN!! THAT FOREHEAD IS HUGEEE!” I was too stunned to speak😂😂

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    #38

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It a guy at my college admittedly followed me after class and said he was working up the nerve to talk to me.He said he would do anything to see my smile. I smiled and he said "nevermind"💀💀💀

    jess bayardo , freepik Report

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    #39

    "Your headlights are on" in the frozen food section. 🤦‍♀️🤣

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    #40

    A guy pulled my hair and asked if it was a wig. It was not. When I was in grade school this man told my mom to leave my dad and marry him. He would take care of her financially as long as I took care of him sexually.

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    #41

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It I was wearing my golden goose’s I saved up for and a man in the gas station asked if I was going bowling because my shoes looked like it 😨

    meredith , freepik Report

    #42

    An old lady (patient) I was taking care of was watching TV and said I looked like young Sheldon 😂

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    #43

    48 Times Men Said Something So Weird Women Still Can’t Forget It Gas station cashier asked “rough morning with the kids?” I was 19 and on my way to college that morning.

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    #44

    I had just given birth, my uncle who I hasn't seen in 20 years, said, "you got big again!" I screamed him out for sure. Haven't seen him since.

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    #45

    Another boss grabbed my arm one time and said “wow have you gained weight?”

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    #46

    I was helping a man pick out leggings at LULULEMON for his wife when I worked there and I said I’m wearing a size 4 if that helps. He said there’s no way I could be a size four.

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    #47

    Some homeless man told me “you’re too fat to wear that” jeans and cardigan ummm ok ty.

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    #48

    I once had a guy come up to my three friends and I at a bar. He proceeded to rank the three of us with his friend to our faces. He said I was the worst looking and then walked away.

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