I'm Exhausted With Unwanted Male Advances

No woman asks for an an unwanted advance whether physical or verbal when she's walking on the street minding her own business. She's got her own set of problems to solve and mountains to climb. When she decided to get up and face the world against whatever societal barriers were in her way, your presumptions that her day should include you telling her to smile are not only unwanted, but downright ridiculous.

What's even worse, the temper and direct flip flop of emotions when I ignore you. Suddenly, the nice guy telling me to smile is someone who harbors anger and resentment when rejected. I didn't sign up for that. No woman ever does. If you wanted to simply engage a friendly conversation with a stranger that happens to be female then this is not the way to do it. Lacing me with expletives or trying to right my wrongs as if you raised me only reinforces why I'll continue to ignore men just like you.

Men like you make it so that I have to think about my surroundings as a woman in daylight or at night. How when a stranger approaches me for directions that there intent is to hurt or assault me. Theses are overreactions either. It is what comes with being a woman in 2016. I have to analyze the men around me or know them previously to feel safe or that I'm in charge of any type of scenario.

It's 2016. Why are women still leaving in fear?

#Harassment #Independence #Fear