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Originally Posted by underEJ
It is no surprise to me that men don't think there is anything wrong with it, otherwise they wouldn't do it. Please do me a favor for just one minute. Try to see her perspective and really listen to the things I am about to say.
Predators do not generally approach you in a threatening manner and get right down to scaring and or raping you. It starts with a greeting. Maybe followed by a very generic conversation. It generally includes flattery, and at some point you have missed the opportunity to just ignore them, and now they are following you. You are almost to work (or worse home) but you are scared to stop there because then they know where you will be in the future, and you don't want that, so maybe you go someplace like a grocery store hoping they will lose interest. At some point you have to make a statement of disinterest, but there is a risk there too.
Have you misjudged this person? Perhaps, but this is a regular occurrence and it becomes very difficult to discern the benign from the dangerous until it truly becomes scary. Make no mistake, most women have had many of these moments get to the scary zone, and that leads to assuming any instance can become scary.
I know most men are good respectful gentlemen whose intentions are harmless, but women are telling you that they can't tell the difference easily and asking the good ones to stop camouflaging the bad ones by ending verbal harassment by those with no ill intent. Think of it as a favor to your sisters and daughters.
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Some of those comments in the video ARE harassment. A bunch of them aren't.
The woman who put together the video included the benign ones in with the obvious ones. If she's trying to make a point about sexual harassment on the streets, she did a pretty ****ing shitty job of it.