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Dami kong nakikitang tweets about sexual harassment so,,might as well share mine. Itâs just a âsmallâ incident but it still haunts me sometimes.
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It was just a regular game day back when i was still an athlete. We were hanging out lang sa main building ng school kasi wala pa ang iba kong team mates. So while waiting, i decided na kunin yung futsal shoes ko na pinaayos sa sapatero sa may Goodluck na part.
I asked my team mate na samahan ako na lakarin papunta doon kasi di naman super malayo. Then yun pumunta na kami. That was around 8 am? Tirik na tirik pa ang araw.
Nakuha ko na yung shoes so naglakad na ulit kami pabalik. Normal chikahan while walking back to school. Then noong nasa may Fatima church na kami na part sa sidewalk before mag pedestrian lane, thatâs when it happened.
There was this guy na makakasalubong namin kasi heâs probably walking papuntang sentro. Kaya mejo tumabi kami ng team mate ko para di namin makabangga. And for a brief moment tiningnan ko yung guy and i noticed na inangat nya yung kamay nya.
It happened so fast na di ko talaga inexpect. Nung dadaan na yung guy sa may right side ko,,,he suddenly grabbed my breast????? And he continued walking na parang wala lang??? I mean,,i was so shocked tumigil ako maglakad and parang nag process pa yung nangyari.
And hereâs the part that makes me feel more uncomfortable. Just after dumaan nung guy, may kasunod syang matanda na lalaki tapos nakita nya yung nangyari,,and he laughed at me??? Tas tuloy tuloy lang sya maglakad.
Then my team mate,,,she also laughed hard??? Kaya,,,tumawa nalang din ako??? And i brushed that incident off like it was just a normal thing. And itâs fcked up kasi itâs not.
That incident makes me think na papano ba nasasabi ng ibang tao na ang damit ang dahilan kung bakit nababastos ang mga babae. I was wearing my playing clothes. Jersey na mejo maluwag and shorts na pang laro na halos two inches lang above the knee. Itâs not even revealing so why??
The answer is simple. Kaya may nababastos na mga babae, kasi may mga bastos na lalaki. Itâs never about the clothes. Walang mababastos kung walang bastos. Kaya wag nyong isisi sa babae ang mga nangyari sakanila.
There was another incident too pero Iâll save that for next time. To all the girls na naging victims ng sexual harassment or rape, itâs not your fault. The way you dress is never an invitation to be violated. Be strong. Speak up. Fight.
#HijaAko
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#HijaAko
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