catcalled and groped every time I go out

[DuploTower]

Aibu reasonable to be suspicious of women who claim to be catcalled and groped every time they go out?

Or am I just too old and unattractive to know what that's like and that it does happen.

I'm certainly not saying it never happens. And if someone finds it uncomfortable or intimidating it's not OK.

But every time you go out?

Is it a bit of a stealth brag?

They must be exaggerating.

Aibu?

Street harassment hasn't stopped and it's being going on forever. I read about an incident that happened to the late actress Thora Hird during WWII. She was in a tube station with no-one else around except for an American soldier, who started pestering her.
She told him she wasn't interested. What happened next will be depressingly familiar to all of us - he got nasty and ended up asking her how much she charged.
Her reply was 'I don't know, how much does your mother charge?'
Fortunately the tube train arrived at that moment. It's actually quite brave to come out with something like that, you never know how they'll react.

Like a lot of women here, I was hassled very frequently when I was younger. No idea how often, but it happened several times when I was under 10 years old and became a fairly a common occurrence from about 12 or 13. Not every time I went out, but often.

I was ordinary looking and in ordinary clothes without make-up.

It was never flattering or welcome. It was usually embarrassing, often creepy and sometimes frightening. Totally different from meeting boys socially etc -- it wasn't a compliment or a social interaction, it was felt more like an insult or a threat.

It stopped when I was about 40. After that, I realised, I started feeling a lot more relaxed when I was out. A welcome and unexpected benefit of ageing.

When I lived in Paris, I was followed by several men. I had some running after me to ask me 'for a coffee'. I had a guy shout "suck my dick" across at me on the tram platform.
Men would literally stare at me for the entire train journey and I'd say, "Do you want a photo, might last longer ?"
I got all sorts of comments in the street too, men would shout stuff at me and tell me I was gorgeous.
I remember once I was literally about 15,over here, a white van went past and they shouted, "nice tits" at me.

I am. Mid 30s and never been to a club, social anxiety, non drinker. Just not my scene.

Am overweight and not pretty.

Went on a friends hen night and even I got groped in the crowd. Someone grabbed and squeezed my bum.

I was shocked and went home immediately.

So I imagine younger ladies with a nice figure ect do get it constantly.

I tend to get approached by much older men at bus stops or on public transport and they always seems to start the conversations the same. "Youre very beautiful" "how old are you?" "25! You look much younger" 🤢 "do you have a boyfriend?" Yes... "well there is no harm in talking is there..." Playing music through my headphone or being on my phone doesnt seem to be much a of deterrent.
Had a old man in a mobility scooter go past me while I sat at a bus stop with headphone on, reversed himself next to me so he could tap me and tell me how beautiful I looked. He stayed next to me for the 15 minutes it took my bus to arrive.