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Why are there so many creeps about?

31 replies

HerRoyalRisesAgain · 07/06/2021 11:07

Had an old man grab my boob this morning.

On my way to and from the school with the kids I walk through a lovely old victorian cemetery. It's a nice, peaceful walk.

Walking back from taking the kids to school, an old man says hello, so I was polite and said hello back. He then he stuck his hand out and grabbed my boob!

I don't know what he expected but I punched him in the jaw. I panicked and didn't know what else to do! I have various disabilities, one being ehlers danlos syndrome so I knocked my knuckles out of place, and I've got a lovely bruise forming, but so does he.

But what the fuck?! Why go around grabbing womens boobs?! I think as its clear I'm disabled (I use a rollator to walk with) he thought I was easy prey.

This isn't the first time I've encountered a creep this year. There was also a flasher in my local area who flashed at me and my 12 year old son. (He was caught after being caught on cctv)

Not to mention the stories you hear of women being followed and the rapes which occur.

Why are so many men creeps?

OP posts:
Liverbird77 · 08/06/2021 13:25

You are my absolute hero! Well done for punching him. I bet he didn't expect that. I am just sorry that I didn't read you followed up with a kick to the balls!
Sorry this happened to you.

ginghamstarfish · 08/06/2021 13:34

I think it's always been like this, I'm old and can remember countless incidents during my life - of being groped, flashed at, leered at, propositioned, kerb crawled while on my way to work, attempted rape, etc etc. Can there be many women who haven't experienced at least some of this?

MissChanandlerBong90 · 08/06/2021 13:48

I’m really sorry this happened to you. Hideous. I find it so difficult to comprehend the level of entitlement some (many) men must feel. Honestly, imagine feeling so entitled that you think you can just reach out and grab a stranger’s boob.

Well done for punching him!

44PumpLane · 08/06/2021 15:56

OP you are amazing, well done for hitting the dirty old bastard.

Wearywithteens · 08/06/2021 15:59

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Hilarias · 08/06/2021 20:03

The same happened to me getting out of the underground one day. A homeless and possibly mentally unwell man just grabbed my boob hard while his mates whooped. I think I managed to tell him to fuck off but the friend I was with just shrugged and said, ‘what do you expect, it’s London’ which upset me. I can still feel that man’s grip on me.

Good for you, op. Report it if you can as he’s probably a local and I’d hate to think of his grubby hands on a teenage girl, bad enough they were on you.

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