this time last year i was waiting to get on the bus and whilst walking pass me an old man pinched my ass using his nails so hard that i was left with broken skin and a bruise. after elbowing him so he’d stop, i got told by some random lady that i was overreacting and he could’ve

done worse and that my generation always over react bc i had tears in my eyes.

when I was 14, this guy decided to rub himself on me and someone else recorded. I begged the guy to delete it and he ignored me and said “what do u expect wearing that?” I was wearing my school uniform and I didn’t understand. I didn’t tell my parents bc I felt ashamed

I’ve been followed on my way to sixth form, asked to get into a car and harassed by the same person multiple of times. every morning he’d drive near me and say good morning beautiful and then call me a bitch when I didn’t reply and tell me how he planned to rape me

the amount of times i reached out to a person of authority and nothing got done was a joke. instead I was told to change my way to school and that I was a “bright girl who should understand that this stuff happens in life”

and what really fucking pisses me off is i had the registration number of the car written down but instead of doing anything I was told to wait till something happens so they can get the car details from school cctv???

this stuff was more recent and i was adamant on making sure the guy who was doing this to me was going to be punished in some way and I’m a pretty strong willed person but when I tell you I felt so so discouraged to do anything about it, I was so close to leaving it

and when it was FINALLY being sorted I was discouraged from discussing it with others and made to feel like I was being a drama queen.

you have every single right to feel safe and if something or someone is making u feel uncomfortable pls do something about it. you’re not being a drama queen, you’re not being irrational, you don’t deserve it and you shouldn’t feel like you’re wasting anyone’s time bc ur not

oh the irony of certain people liking this thread who were telling me I was overreacting whilst it was happening. pls pls listen to ur friends and don’t write it off as “a part of life.”

okay I am stupidly overwhelmed with all the lovely messages I’ve gotten and I wanna say tysm for reading this thread and that by discussing this and welcoming each other with open arms we will be the change we need in society and this won’t be the norm anymore https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💗" title="Growing heart" aria-label="Emoji: Growing heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💘" title="Heart with arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Heart with arrow">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💘" title="Heart with arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Heart with arrow">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💘" title="Heart with arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Heart with arrow">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💘" title="Heart with arrow" aria-label="Emoji: Heart with arrow">

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