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Anyone on MN *never* been flashed at?

108 replies

depob · 20/06/2011 23:47

Just wondering if there is any women who has never had to experience this.

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Lio · 24/06/2011 13:16

Not been flashed at, have been groped. And of course had nasty things shouted at me. In fact that would be my bet for a an empty thread:

Sign here if you've never had anything unpleasant (I'm thinking specifically sexist and/or of a sexual nature) shouted at you in the street.

Rindercella · 23/06/2011 21:09

Gosh, I realise I have lots of groping stories too. I have told this before on MN... A friend of mine was on a packed tube once when she felt some creep rub up against her. She could do nothing about it, save for a sharp elbow in the ribs. When she got off the tube, she put her hand in her coat pocket and found that he had come in it. Just how disgusting is that?

I had a very frightening experience in Italy once - funnily enough at the same place owned by my convicted flashed boss. One of the local lads found out I was living there, came up to my flat (there was no lock on the door Hmm) got his cock out and thought somehow that I was going to have sex with him. It was terrifying actually. I was 18 years old. He groped me. I managed to kick him out, but it did take a bit of a fight (thankfully am quite strong).

Am loving the book idea...I am thinking of a Julian Barnes-esque "A History of the World in 10½ Cocks" (but hopefully not quite so up itself) Grin

mrsjohnsimm · 23/06/2011 13:22

Never, so far as I know.

I did have someone who I thought was rubbing himself up against me inappropriately on a crowded Tube once, but I wasn't sure enough that that was what he was doing to make a fuss (it was very crowded and it could have been innocent) so I just moved.

tigana · 23/06/2011 13:14

No flashing.

groped...well...by a boy in same school year as me who I didn't really know very well, he sort grabbed/felt my boob as we passed on stairs at school. Didn't really phase me, felt like it could almost have been an accident tbh.

reelingintheyears · 23/06/2011 13:09

Nope.

WowOoo · 23/06/2011 13:09

Lots of times yes. In lots of different countries too, including UK. From teen years to late 20's I'd say.

Since I've had children and have hit my late 30's it has not happened thankfully. But, I still see men who stare and I often think he could be a flasher type (perhaps total paranoia but it's something in his eyes that worries me) and I need to leave where ever we are.
Sometimes, they are staring at a teenage girl. Sad Angry

munkysea · 23/06/2011 13:07

Nope, thank god. Touchwood it'll never happen

SmellsLikeTeenStrop · 23/06/2011 13:04

I've never been flashed at either.

electra · 23/06/2011 13:00

No, luckily for me I never have.

BertieBotts · 23/06/2011 12:59

Actually I've just realised - does online count? I've been subjected to unwanted cock pictures a few times now.

depob · 21/06/2011 23:26

Well this interesting...I thought that everyone got flashed at. It's happened to me 5 times in three different countries. I started thinking about it as my DD is 11 and started going out (not far) but without me in tow, and I just assumed it will happen to her sooner or later, and I was wondering if I should talk to her about it, and what advice I should give.

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BoggyEyedMum · 21/06/2011 21:39

Yep, in Sorrento years ago. I was walking with a friend when a young lad we'd been talking to earlier suddenly appeared behind us, shoved me up against the wall and got his tackle out. I channelled Margaret Rutherford, bellowed "how RUDE!!" at him and marched off up the hill hand in hand with my friend for a very stiff drink, leaving him wanking away in the middle of the lane. For the rest of the week we were convinced that every waiter we met knew what had happened to us and were so certain it would happen again that we were back in our hotel room by 8 every night.

FreudianSlipper · 21/06/2011 21:23

i went to an all girls school too, and are school was a magnet for them too

on teh same grounds was a middle and primary school. one couple decided to get their kicks having very loud sex in a transit van (or maybe a guy picking up a prostitute, this is more likely) outside the school grounds. not sure what happened but after a few weeks the van was never seen again

funny friends and i were only discussing the othe day that you hardly hear of anyone being flashed at anymore

BertieBotts · 21/06/2011 19:40

And I have been groped, although friends at the time said I asked for it as I went to a gig (with standing/mosh pit) in a very short skirt. I could forgive a certain amount of accidental touching while crowdsurfing, but not the definite and deliberate "pinches", or the guy who stood very close behind me with his hand on my arse rubbing his erection on my back, knowing the crowd was too dense for me to do anything other than attempt to elbow him Hmm I was probably only 16 at the time as well, and looked younger. Angry

BertieBotts · 21/06/2011 19:35

I haven't. I know friends who have, though. For a group of them it was outside school :(

euphrosyne · 21/06/2011 16:42

I was flashed when I was 12. Two streets down the road from my house, early afternoon. He was in a car, sat on the driver's seat, trousers down... I was shocked, but I shouted at him 'you wanker!!!' and left.

Also been gropped in the street when I was 19...

OneHelluvaBroad · 21/06/2011 16:24

I've been flashed at three times in my life:

CointreauVersial · 21/06/2011 16:20

Maybe Rinders is much more observant than the rest of us - maybe there have been willies waving at me left, right and centre that I've completely failed to notice. A lot of unfulfilled flashers.

No flashing, but I have been groped a few times, though; once by my mum's hairdresser when I was 14; one minute he was fiddling with my hair, the next minute his hands were inside my bra. I was very brave, and told him to behave himself, then had to sit there while he finished my haircut.

Another time I was asleep on a 12-hour coach trip and woke to find the guy next to me undoing my jeans and sticking his hand in. He just laughed. Again, no escape, but I made sure the whole coach knew what he'd been up to.

Neither episode frightened me, mainly because I wasn't really at risk of any harm. I think a stocking-faced man at 2am would be scary whatever he was waving.

GrimmaTheNome · 21/06/2011 15:11

Neither flashed nor groped. Once when a teen I had a bloke keep edging closer to me on a bus seat but I just got up and moved.

Happy, how bizzare. There's nowt so queer as folks indeed.

TeaOneSugar · 21/06/2011 15:05

Yes, waiting at a bus stop to go home from school.

HappyAsIAm · 21/06/2011 15:05

Not flashed at exactly. But there was once a man wearing a bra and pants (matching, naturally) who jumped head first into the wheelie bin which was next to my kitchen window at the time. Very dark outside, I had the kitchen light on. And there he stayed, kicking his legs out of the bin. And then ran away. I reported it to the police and he never came back.

Bloodymary · 21/06/2011 15:01

I have been flashed at several times (sad bastards).

One of these days it will happen when I am in a bad mood and have a rolled up brolly to hand!!!

sunshineandbooks · 21/06/2011 10:48

Never been flashed, but I have been groped on several occasions. Nothing I couldn't handle, and it made me angry rather than scared, but that's not the point really is it.

msbuggywinkle · 21/06/2011 10:23

Lots. At school we used to have to run through the park wearing see through polo shirts and gym knickers, which seemed to attract them.

lostinwales · 21/06/2011 10:16

I got flashed by a patient at work, (it wasn't accidental as he was a frequent flier in the renal clinic and had had countless similar x-rays). He'd put his gown on back to front and accidentally left his pants off, when I pulled the blanket down to do the x-ray he'd opened the front of the gown in a little oval shape, it looked mostly like he'd made a little nest for his penis. He was looking very intently at my face but as a seasoned NHS campaigner I just adjusted his blanket and did the x-ray, not a flicker crossed my face. When he was gone I was furious, mainly because he'd taken advantage of the NHS to get his kicks (I was young and idealistic at the time Blush)