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(20,868 posts)It never stops IMO.
The other night I was out and a man I do not know approached me and wanted me to have dinner w/him. I told him NO. He pressed me further and said, "Awww, come on. Not even a hamburger?". I said NO, I am NOT hungry.
He then pressed me further again and wanted to know if I wanted something to drink and I said NO. He wanted to know why. I told him I was not thirsty, that is why.
He asked me again why not, why not. I told him to leave me alone!
I'd hope that incidents such as these would be history at my age but my gawd, does it ever stop? I couldn't be that great looking for a woman in her 60s that is married and wears a wedding ring.
Was this horrific harassment? No not horrific, just annoying as all hell. Did he assault me? No he did not he was trying to pick me up.
I wish he'd taken a clue after the first NO but he persisted, that was the annoying part which worried me. I then become scared worrying that maybe he is following me and has other ideas for me.
You just don't know in this world today and I too have been raped, etc. in my younger years. What I see happening today is something that should have happened years ago when ALL women were considered nothing much more that sex objects and the role women have is to breed breed breed and bear children that they may or may not want!
I was raised being told I'd never be anything in life and to get used to being groped and pawed at by men. I never accepted this idea and never opted to bear children I did not want!
Because I am a female, I was always a "less than" throughout life. On family outings, I'd be given $.50 to spend at an amusement park whereas my brother (worth far more than I) would be given $1.00 because he was a boy.
Needless to say I have little respect for men that harass and grope woman that do not seem to know what the word NO means! I may be worth only $.50 to some in this world but some day I may become worth a full $1.00 I can only hope!
I appreciate your post! Thank you so much!