moonblossom:

ryantriple6:

tearyphoenix:

seleyin:

more than that : if you see a girl being harassed, she won’t always have that reflex. So YOU go and tell her : “Hiiii (insert random name here) I didn’t see you ! what are you doing here ? So glad to see you, come sit with me”. I promise you the girl won’t think twice before going with you.

I was with friends in a late night tramway once, everyone was drunk and tired, and there was a girl all alone in the seat facing ours. She minded her own business, finishing the sauce of an empty french fries carton. Two drunk guys show up and sit on each side of her, telling her that she shouldn’t eat that, that she will get fat, that it would be a shame to let such a pretty body go fat, and a various number of disgusting things. So I said “hey Julie, why are you letting those douchebags annoy you, come back, sit with us.” She looked at me and immediately changed sides to sit with us. The guys were surprised, saying “she’s your friend ?!” and I just replied “yes, and you’re annoying her right now.” I stayed with her until she got out of the tramway safe.

When you’re being harassed it’s sometimes very hard to think straight and find a quick way to react, so I encourage everybody to do this if you see another woman being harassed. Pretend you know her, and that she’s your friend. Let her know you’re here to side with her and protect her. Help girls be safe.

perfect

Protect all women.

I did this on the bus once to a poor young woman who seemed too nervous to tell a guy to fuck off. I sat across from her and just acted like I hadn’t seen her in months. She was a bit off-guard at first but picked up on it almost immediately, and the guy got huffy and left, and the other woman and I ended up chatting for the rest of the trip.

And then about a month ago, a woman at the store where I work was about to leave but turned around and stayed in the store and hung around as soon as this sort of twitchy, strung-out guy came in and started yelling at me about random shit. She made sure to stay put until he left, and I will forever be grateful.