Babel wrote:
I had to get my boyfriend to go get me at the bus stop a few months back because of a creepy man. The man asked for sex, which I firmly rejected, he pushed on a little and I just made a face, which he clearly understood because he started saying he was just joking. He then waited for me to get on the bus and followed me from the front door of the bus until I reached the back of the bus, where I could block him from sitting down beside me because the back seat is blocked by a big glass. He ended on the seat closest to me and looked back at me on the whole bus ride to keep track of me. My message to my boyfriend was literally "you either come get me or I will be raped before I get home." My boyfriend was there when I got off, and he didnt even question who I was afraid of, because the man was that obvious in his creepiness.
I recently started reading Invisible Women, and chapter 2 is about public transportation and generally how unsafe women feel in public spaces. A big point of the chapter is the microagressions men make in public spaces, which aren't police attention worthy most of the time, but still is a horrible experience. I couldn't file a police report with my experience, but I sure as hell started feeling unsafe getting home from work because if it.