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11/19/09
I felt a hand on my breast. And I threw my right hook. It's a punch that requires you be close to your target, and doesn't take much room to hit properly.
SOB gasped in pain and got off at the next stop.
11/19/09
If the cops can't do anything about some motherfucker whacking off on me, they have no excuse for doing something about me using a couple jillion volts on his taint.
11/19/09
She is my hero, most days.
11/19/09
With the modern prevalence of tasers and the ease of fist-to-genital contact, these guys are, no pun intended, really taking their lives into their own hands.
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And the fact that so many are sex offenders is creepy. Sort of makes the argument that these guys think they're offering compliments, or that they're totally harmless, a little harder to believe.
I'm sure everyone at hollabacknyc.com is happy!
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I have, however, been subway harassed. Usually later at night, uncrowded car. It's the worse and has given me on a taxis only late night rule.
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ETA: Not that they couldn't lead to good conversations with kids of the right age.
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I feel so horrible for women who have experienced more extreme (i.e. someone jerking off on them) harassment. Something like that might put me off the train for a few days.
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I feel as though I've missed out on so many opportunities to be harassed and/or entertained.
11/19/09
For shame!
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09/16/09
I am going to start randomly cockpunching men and calling it Adam Teasing until THEY have to get THEIR own special safe place.
I am usually not a man-hating feminist. I am usually a very loving feminist. But this shit just makes me want to crush fucking balls.
09/16/09
After twenty five years, we are seeing results in the community because the MEN have realized that they do better, and well everybody is better off when the village's women are in a better more equitable position.
It really is a culture thing over there.
I actually almost got into a good amount of trouble for 'eve teasing' when I was at the terminal in Bangalore's Airport. I was sitting next to a colleague who happened to be non-Indian, White, and we were just talking as usual when a female constable and two guards came over and asked me to pick up my bags and come with them. Needless to say, 15 of being lectured on 'proper' behavior in the presence of 'Westerners' and a 500 rupee fine made sitting on a 19 hour flight the least of my problems.
I understand that eve teasing can be a real nuisance over there though. A good many of the 'common men' there just don't know. They really don't know and have never been told that you just can't urinate on the side of the road. You just can't walk up to people and pinch them. It seems to be more of a class issue than anything else, and thats a whole other bag of beans.
09/16/09
I'm doing research on why girls in the developing world often drop out of school when they get to secondary school, and one of the leading factors is an unsafe commute. Having safer trains hugely impacts that.
So basically, Ladies' Specials everywhere, please!
09/16/09