Capitalization is a waste of time
Hopefuly you are posting this to somewhere relevant too.
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A GA (can't believe I never made a GA for you Mully!)
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and a Bump because we still live in a society where women are told to "go back to the kitchen" while there is, for some reason, quite ironically, a well known gender gap in professional kitchens and when women do find a job there, double standards are rampant, and it's often grueling and even unsafe to be a woman in a professional kitchen.
Still, a lot more women are telling their story than before, and a lot of men in the industry are trying to change the mindset of the industry and the few women who make it on top (or really just to the other side with investors who don't care about gender) are mentoring other women and creating kitchens that are blind to gender and only interested in hard work and equal opportunities for both men and women based on skill and dedication.
So maybe we'll get there, and 2019 will see a real change. Here's hoping.
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Thanks for your post. People who haven't gone through something like what you've described really don't understand how it feels. I have a story too.
Some years back, I was working weekends at a local shop while I was an undergrad at uni. It was my job to lock up at 6pm as everyone else went home earlier than me. I started later than them, so I worked on a bit later. It was a fair system. My Dad was working in a nearby town and would pick me up on his way through. It was 6pm around this time of year, so it was dark out. When I got to the end of main street, this car was driving really slowly behind me. I wasn't taking much notice and continued walking to the end of that street. The car was stopped at red lights and I turned the corner onto a quieter street. I lived further out on this road, but too far to walk. My Dad always picked me up around that corner on his way past. The car turned the corner and they had all the windows down and were cat calling me. At that point I got scared, so I walked really quickly further down the street to where some houses had lights on. The guys parked on the opposite side of the street, got out of the car and were going "come here baby, where are you going?" I ran and went in the first house's gateway and pulled out my phone. When I looked back around, the 4 men and the car were gone. I didn't even get a chance to knock on the door. I ran as fast as I could back the way I came and went into a shop and stayed there. I called my dad to tell him where I was. After that, every evening I locked up, turned the lights off and stayed inside the shop til I saw my dad pulled up outside, while the evenings were dark.
That was 10 years ago. From that day to this, I won't walk down any street alone after dark. I am terrified. I shouldn't have to feel like this, but I do. Sadly, all it takes is meeting the 1 bad person at the wrong time. Looks like I had come across 4 of them.
It's sad to think that when we tell a story like this, the first thing people think is "what was she wearing?" I'll tell you what I was wearing. A big heavy overcoat, a polo t-shirt (dress code at work) and a pair of awful baggy jeans. I went through a baggy jeans phase in my early 20s.
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yup that's all it takes a few idiots to scare us forever, then more stupid people that don't even care about the situation we went and go through every day.
it's really sad to see the amount of apathy they show when these things happen and how they always blame the victim. 🤦♀️
thanks for sharing your experience. ❤️️
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That's scary. And it wasn't even about you. It's really just about power. They meant to scare you. That was their point.
And for guys who think "no harm no foul", think for a second if something like that happened to you, pretty sure you wouldn't think it wasn't a big deal then.
Sorry you had to go through this.
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I've had the cat calls and the general harassment. You know the type that is meant to make you feel uncomfortable. Guys rolling their tongues and being disgusting. Guys like that, I think of them as being of a certain class, and I just ignore them to be honest. That evening, it felt different. I always felt uncomfortable with that kind of nonsense, but was never actually scared for my life. In fact, it very rarely happened in my quiet little town anyway, always in the city, or where I went to uni. My little town felt safe up until then. Nothing ever happened there.
The problem is, that there is no way to know if their intentions were just to scare me. They practically cornered me on a quiet, dark street. You wonder why anyone would want to do that to a young girl. I had the good sense to start moving when I saw that car indicating to come in my direction, so I had a head start toward the terrace of houses. Something just didn't feel right and my instincts were telling me to get going. I'll never know for sure if you are right, or if their intentions were something worse. I was quite fit, so once I started running, they wouldn't have caught up before I was knocking on someone's door.
It was really cold weather, so I was basically dressed like the Michelin man (as my friend and i called it when we were bundled up for the cold) but it really doesn't matter what you look like if they're up to no good.
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I need to apologize. When I said they meant to scare you, I didn't mean that you were not right to be scared. I just meant they got off on scaring you. Of course, you got scared and considering what could have happened, it's no wonder it marked you.
My point was it didn't matter (nor should it) how you dressed, they were out to scare you and Gods know what else. I consider myself pretty empathic but I don't get guys like that and I never will. And I'm sorry this happened to you.
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Because I'm tired of getting catcalled and watching others in the street receive the same treatment, I decided to share some information with everyone in SG hoping that they can stop doing it and/or talk to their friends to make them reconsider their behavior.
Street harassment is unwanted and unwelcomed public attention, most often directed at women, which is demeaning and damaging. It’s not a private matter but one that should concern everyone.
If you have trouble empathising with strangers, then think about your mother, sister, or girlfriend. Would you enjoy watching people catcalling and telling them nasty things? How do you think they would feel about it?
On an average day I go out twice and I get at least one guaranteed catcall. On weekends or when I go out, for example to a club, it gets worse because groups of people feel more empowered to do so.
A few months ago I was walking with a friend and one guy said things and started to follow us. After a while it ended with me turning around and pepper-spraying his face, then running away in case he could fight back. This is the kind of violence it generates.
We had a rough rest of the day and were shaken up. I didn't enjoy doing that at all, but he had to be stopped. I also like to think the guy didn't enjoy it either.
So in the end, what did he achieve? Nothing.
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OK, I'm gonna clear this up since some people like to assume things just to blame me for defending myself.
For the backward people, this was in june when I wasn't wearing "provocative shorts and t-shirts" clothes. These are the "nice compliments" I got amongst others i don't even want to repeat here and/or I want to forget:
hey girl nice butt
does your friend wanna F with me too?
hey reply bitch
come here lesbos!
GONNA EAT YOUR ASS
Walked one block with that guy which was 1 meter away from us. He wasn't shouting from the other side of the street, he wasn't half a block away, he wasn't sitting in the sidewalk. He was right behind us.
He got warned to leave us alone during the whole 1-block fast-paced walk. I didn't stop to "discuss" because I'm not a 1.9 meters 120kg guy, so I'm not putting my friend and I at risk at 8:30pm in the street.
You read the "You're not alone" thread?
Well, most of the stuff that I shared about me is linked directly to an experience related to this, but I wasn't walking with a friend and there were two guys instead of one following me. You can guess what happened next since I wasn't able to defend myself.
But of course, street harassment is harmless and nothing else can go wrong, nor it can trigger unhappy memories from past experiences.
Think a bit before judging others so quickly assuming they overreact when they feel in danger.~
I know I probably won't convince anyone catcalling to stop by posting this (it doesn't hurt to try), but if your friends or co-workers do it, you can persuade or talk to them and see if they get it. There's nothing worse than being in a group of friends and allowing them to act like idiots.
It's disgusting and demeaning, stop it. You're hurting people with your actions and makes you look like a fool.
❤️️ FAQ, in case you're gonna post one of these comments I get all the time.
- But some women like to be catcalled!
Yes, there's also men that like to get hit in the face with a hammer. So using the same logic, I should go out and hit all men with a hammer in hopes they enjoy it?
- Don't be so sensitive, ignore it.
No, it reaches a point it can't be ignored. It's not an isolated issue once per month or in certain situations so you can avoid it. It also affects me a lot depending on my mood, so when you feel like crap and you get catcalled, things get worse.
- So you want others to come to your rescue when some stranger catcalls you? That will end up with me getting in a fight!
I'm not asking people to fight for me, just them to stop doing it, spread the word, and discourage people in their group of friends from being disrespectful.
- If you don't want to get catcalled, dress appropriately!
1: Don't blame the victim.
2: I dress as I please. It's my body, not someone else's.
3: It doesn't matter if it's winter and I'm wearing a jacket, or summer with shorts and a t-shirt. Some people will be idiots anyway and say things.
- I bet you like it when a handsome guy catcalls you!
Irrelevant. I expect respect from everyone.
- What about men? They also get harassed!
I'm very aware guys also get harassed by both men and women, but this thread is about girls. Feel free to create another thread for that issue, and I will support it.
- So this is just a misandrist rant!
It's not. If you feel targeted by anything I said, then it's not because you're a man, it's because you actions ressemble what it's said here.
- Meh, it could be worse.
It could be worse, but it SHOULD be better. Also, normalizing this behavior makes it even more painful for victims.
- Women also catcall!
I never said they don't, but for each woman that catcalls me, i get 500 guys. So the issue at hand is the one I shared.
- This thread offends me!
That tells a lot about you. Log off, take your time, and think about it.
- This thread is inappropriate for SG, please close and delete it!
Go tell that to all other threads about awareness, politics, religion, sports, disasters, etc.
💙 Some info and articles:
Stop Street Harassment
Wikipedia definition
Documenting women's stories of street harassment
Why we need to take street harassment seriously
Dutch woman faces down her catcallers by posting selfies with them
💚 Videos:
Au bout de la rue (Court-métrage) - france
10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman - usa
Woman is filmed walking London's streets for secret documentary - uk
Male actor dresses as woman to experience sexual harassment - egypt
Sons React to Their Moms Getting Catcalled - usa
💛 And some pictures:
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