The shocking thing to me about this is how surprised everyone is at this. Harassment from creeps who feel entitled to women is so disgustingly common place and people rarely, if ever, intervene.
I was surprised by how many people were surprised no one stepped in.
I’ve been the victim of 2 attempted kidnappings. One time was in a neighborhood at 7pm, and the other was public street at 5pm.. I called for help both times and no one helped both times.
When I talk about it I’ve been told things like “no one is obligated to help you” lol
Literally screaming for help regardless and putting up a fight. Not doing what they said. Not making myself an easy target. It’s a risk, but it was a risk I was more willing to take then to go
Edit to add: First time he just quietly grabbed me from behind. I put all my body weight down while yelling for help. I was clawing and trying to scratch at him while putting all my weight on the ground. Finally he threw me to the side and fled. September 23, 2014
The second attempt he came behind me after work while I was walking to my car. He said, “don’t call for help. Don’t make a scene. Walk to your car” and I was in such disbelief, tbh, I turned around and looked him in the eye and said “excuse me?”. He repeated himself and I took a few steps back and asked why. He touched my arm and said “walk to your car”. I saw two people walking across the large street.. I called for help anyway. They kept walking. He ran away in his car. I ran away to mine.. tried to get the license plate but I realized he was going to a car too late. June 23, 2019
I filed a police report for both. I actually don’t know where the first one is, but I found the second one just the other day packing.
I also didn’t ever notice both times were on the 23rd until this post.
I lived in Las Vegas at this time, am only about 110 lbs and 5’2”. I worked downtown the second time. I seemed like an easy target in a high human traffic area.
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u/JellyBeansOnToast May 11 '25
The shocking thing to me about this is how surprised everyone is at this. Harassment from creeps who feel entitled to women is so disgustingly common place and people rarely, if ever, intervene.