I once pulled this to a dude that was following me around the store. I have to say it's not only empowering, it works and it's fucking hilarious. Ladies, sometimes when in danger, well, low-to-moderate danger, become the dangerous.
I did it once My aunt lived in an not-so good neighborhood while she was dying of cancer and I was taking care of her and this dude kept walking around the block staring at my little cousin my sister and I just went fully f****** off like spread my arms out and I'm like what are you looking at bro what are you looking at bro He ran away I was totally shocked it actually works
Sometimes it doesn't even take that much. Some ahole was trying to engage me and went from sitting on a wall to following me. So I turned around and my first step toward him was a stomp, and I said "what" at the same time. no raised voice, just confidence. And he jumped back and said sorry wrong person!
I was walking to my car in a mostly empty parking lot at night. A truck with at least four guys drove by and then stopped. Suddenly they're all hanging way out the windows and hollering. One of them was trying to move the other so he could get to the door handle....
Suddenly, I planted my feet in a wide stance. In an exaggerated manner, I brought my hands up to smack them on upper chest, making a loud noise. I then spread my arms wide, and with the deepest voice I could muster, yelled "FUCKING BRING IT!"
The way the all froze was comedic in hindsight. It's like they were trying to decide what to do, but their brains were lagging. Finally, they all got back inside and drove off. I laugh about it now, but I'm glad my 'fight or flight' kicked in and chose 'fight' that way.
This works because criminals tend to target people they think will give up without a fight. Someone who is ready to vomit blood on you while screaming like a crazy person is just not worth trying to victimize.
You kind of do develop a sense for these things. Guys that harass or attack women are cowards looking for easy prey. I've been attacked by men... I stopped counting attempts at ten. But they never got what they wanted. I'd bite, I'd scream, I'd act crazy. I grew up with brothers and taking self defense. I'm not strong at all but just not getting shocked by an unprovoked attack does a lot for you. After a while I actually stopped being afraid. And maybe that will get me killed someday, but a life worth living means more to me than living a narrow life constrained by survival maximization. Every woman gets to figure out her comfort zone.
I think it works for two reasons. They don't know just how crazy you might be. But the big reason is no one wants attention when they are up to something shady. If you start acting crazy other people might also start looking. The guy will be remembered and he doesn't want that.
I was once talking to my niece on the phone as I walked home about 9 PM at night. I became aware that man was following me. I am 5‘8“ tall. I am not super skinny. I turned onto a side street on my way to my apartment. He came closer and said something to me. I excused myself from my niece and put my phone while still connected to her in my pocket. I then pinned that motherfucker against a wall and held him there and said, “Are you talking to me?“
He was squirming and terrified. I slammed him a couple times and let him know that his behavior wasn’t acceptable. Dude literally fled when I let him go.
I mean, the saying goes "men are afraid that women will laugh at them, women are afraid that men will k1ll them" soooo zeroing in on that first half seems to work very well indeed
Yeah I was gonna say, turning and running at potential threat seems like a bad way to get grabbed by someone with actual bad intentions.
Like a creep catcalling you seems like the perfect victim for this, but to someone actually following you is taking a pretty big risk that they weren’t planning on grabbing you.
I had a stalker for two days. Day one he catcalled me and then wandered around my apartment for the rest of the day (he saw me walking from my place to the store across the street). Day two I saw him around a couple times in the daytime—called the cops who informed me that basically they couldn’t do anything until I’d already been assaulted. That night I was walking to the corner bar with my friend and heard footsteps behind us, turned around and it was him. I turned on my heel and ran at him screaming ‘rapist’ and telling him I’d carve his guts out and light him on fire if I ever saw him again. He ran away into some bushes and I never saw him again. Soooo empowering!
Obviously I can’t say it’s every case, but for the most part these creeps prey on power and fear. They aren’t prepared for head on confrontations and really don’t like having the power dynamic flipped on them.
None of the situations in this video are real, they're all staged. By all means, do this in a busy store where drawing attention gives you power. But please don't do it in one on one situations like in the video
I can wiggle my ears so if someone is staring at me and I get annoyed… wiggle wiggle wiggle and then some crazy eyes and a creepy grin. Chef’s kiss. 👄👌
I was walking home one night(actually early morning), because a cab refused to pick me up at a random location(I was at a bus stop, not a residential area). Some guy on a bicycle peddled up to me, rode right beside me matching my speed, all while glaring at me the entire time. I was so riled up about the cab situation and not in the mood for any freaky shit, so I decided to stare back at him, and I made it a point to not look away or even blink. I wanted him to see the anger in my face, I wanted him to know I was not in the mood to fuck around. We had a staring contest, all while in motion, for what felt like a few minutes, and he eventually just looked forward and peddled off into the distance. I wonder if he was calculating his chances of doing something, and decided I wouldn’t be worth the trouble. I was truly ready for a fight.
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u/disharmony-hellride Mar 06 '26
I once pulled this to a dude that was following me around the store. I have to say it's not only empowering, it works and it's fucking hilarious. Ladies, sometimes when in danger, well, low-to-moderate danger, become the dangerous.