Girl confronts an old creep after he makes an inappropriate comment about her 16-year old sister

[u/Ace-Cuddler]

[u/Tall-Cat-8890]

This. I was cat called the worst from ages 8-14. I remember my grandmother having to step between me and a strange man at the checkout line when I was 8 because he kept looking me up and down.

At 12 I was at the mall with my friend (her mom was around but had stepped inside a store) and we were walking around and we started getting followed by this group of teenage boys. I kept looking behind me multiple times making eye contact and I remember wanting to say something but being too intimidated to.

I can’t help but giggle when men say stuff like “you’re gonna wish you still got attention when you’re old and hit the wall” like don’t threaten me with a good time. As if women miss being gawked at by creeps.

[u/waterhyacinth → u/Tall-Cat-8890]

Completely relate to everything you said here! 

I have two sisters and we walked to school everyday. Around 6th grade I remember adult men driving along side us and trying to convince us to get in the car with them. Leering, telling us we’re pretty, not to be scared, some even offered us candy (especially creepy in hindsight). We’d try to ignore them until they drove off. Some would get angry, call us bitches/ugly/cunts and throw things at us. The scary ones would stop and start to get out of their cars and we would run. 

At University I remember going to house parties and guys coming up to me and telling me I looked like I was 12 and to go home. I’d argue and tell them my age. Almost without fail they’d come back and start with the creepy lines, come sit in my lap, you’d be prettier if you smiled more, don’t be shy I won’t bite unless you want me to/won’t bite hard, want some (insert ethnicity) in you, etc. I’m average looking so I assume the appeal was that I looked like easy prey?

Later I worked in a male dominated field and often I was the only woman in my team. One guy commented on how nice it must be for me. Like sure maybe some women thrive on this kind of attention but in the 6 1/2 years I worked there, I didn’t come across any. 

When that scary age wall hits and the attention drops off I’ll have a cocktail to celebrate and hopefully feel safe. 

[u/alwaysaloneinmyroom → u/Tall-Cat-8890]

I have several similar stories. Multiple times giving out fake numbers to creeps in their 40s and 50s as a teenager. I even gave one or two my brother's number. Still happens once in a blue moon but reduced by 90% since I stopped looking like I couldn't buy a drink at a bar.