Random man grabbed my arm

[GonnaGetGoingReturns]

Don’t want to put this in AIBU etc but about 8pm last night I was on my way to meet my boyfriend. Walked in a high street area, not mine, as I walked along a group of about 4 men who were probably drunk, walked past me, one asks what I’m up to and grabs my arm! I immediately told him to take his hands off me but I was thinking is this what some men do these days? They were in 30s/40s by the look of them.

I think I did the right thing but my boyfriend said to me when I met him that that shouldn’t happen.

It's assault, which is a criminal offence. Your BF is right that he shouldn't have done that. It's terrifying when men touch or grab you in public.

Did you do that right thing? That's irrelevant because your criminal assailant shouldn't have put you in the position where you had to do anything. Put the blame on the man, where it belongs.

As it was assault I now feel a bit annoyed and sort of violated. But I sort of feel like the police wouldn’t have done much if I’d rung them. I mean this man grabbed my arm quite hard and it was in a fairly busy place.

I doubt it’s the first time he’s done this though. In a way I feel pleased that I’m not young because say if it was a teenager they could feel quite threatened.

That is basically how most women end up feeling after assaults like this: annoyed, violated, maybe a little nervy when next going out, and certain that the rozzers won't do a damned thing. It might help you to get it off your chest by documenting it on Hollaback or Every Sexism.