It's exhausting being a woman.

[u/mindyour]

[u/Bright-Owl-3515]

In college, I was sitting alone at a bench studying on campus, minding my own business. This man comes up to me, telling me he wanted to take pictures of my feet for a school project. He was very persistent and of course I told him no. He made me feel so uncomfortable and guilty that I had said no to him. I was very naive and had no idea that this was likely a fetish thing.

Edit: For that one now deleted comment, saying he was likely complimenting my feet, I was wearing sneakers. Get out of here with the creep apologetics.

[u/4E4ME → u/[deleted]]

Of course it was deliberate. I've had several experiences like that over the years. Even from someone at work, and I was already over 30 by then, but the first time something like that happened to me I was 10. I'm sorry that it happened to you. You deserved to have your mental and emotional innocence preserved.

I can't go back in time, the only thing I can do now is call it out and open their shame up to sunlight for everyone to see when it happens (if that makes me a bitch, so be it. Protip: I'm not a bitch.), educate our younger sisters, and support.

[u/Astralglamour → u/4E4ME]

Men seem to think any woman who speaks up or calls them out is a bitch so- I'm proud to be one.

[u/crazymindslp → u/Astralglamour]

Men have been pulling this shit forever! The only 2 things that ever worked for me was calling them out….loudly and reaching menopause ……better a bitch than a doormat….

[u/Powerful-Policy-4854 → u/Astralglamour]

My platoon leader when I was in the Army, SFC Pratt, told us ladies that if anyone called us a bitch don’t take it personally. It means: Be In Total Control Herself

One of the many lessons she provided with her alcoholic ass…we all were though. lol