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Response to men’s creepiness

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Undersnatch · 24/05/2021 22:39

Joined a neighbourhood app yesterday and by today I have a private message from a man commenting that he noticed where I live and asking questions about it. Other people had said hello, welcome on the timeline but he felt the need to send a private message.

It’s a long time since I had unwanted male attention really and got me thinking about various things. I feel like I want to call it out, give feedback - a la ‘it’s creepy to get a message from a stranger commenting on where I live’. But then that self doubt of, is it? Is my barometer off because I’ve had my share of shit male behaviour over the years?

DH initially felt sorry for him when I said I may respond directly and wondered if he may have a learning disability Hmm. It’s the be kind thing innit? Don’t be direct in saying ‘you are making me uncomfortable’. But the guy now knows my face and street name. So maybe it is too risky to be direct?

I could just leave and chalk it up to experience.

What do you think?

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Undersnatch · 24/05/2021 22:54

I could just block but that’s what my query is I suppose, I kind of feel like there is a wider social conversation about male harassment of women and part of me wants to call that out where I see it. It just fucks me off that men behave like this basically. No woman who was a stranger to me would private message like this.

It’s an app for community relations/support. Doesn’t give house number but gives street, you can’t turn that off but can restrict how widely your profile is seen to just close neighbours. It’s possibly just a bad idea!

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AssassinatedBeauty · 24/05/2021 22:44

Can you just block him? It is likely just a lack of social awareness but you have no obligation to "be kind".

Secondly, why is the app sharing your actual address? Is it possible to turn that off?

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