hackthis_archive ([personal profile] hackthis_archive) wrote2004-07-07 01:30 pm

Is this, like, a joke?

Question #1: When did walking by yourself become code/free-for-all for random men to come talk to you?

Question #2: Do men *really* think that driving alongside me in their car and saying they've 'seen me around' is really going in endear them to me?

Question #2a: Do they not understand that 'I've seen you around' rings bad stalkery bells?

Question #2b: Do they really think I'm going to give them my name and number?

Question #3: Why am I always a 'bitch' when I refuse to acknowledge their creepyness?

Question #4: WTF sort of bullshit is this?

[identity profile] serialkarma.livejournal.com 2004-07-07 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not arrogance; it's a matter of being invasive.

Exactly. And it's not just guys who want to get in your pants. The guy who bugged me looked like someone's grandfather. I'm sure he's actually a very nice man as a general rule. But WTF? What about me makes him think he has a right to come up to me and grab something that doesn't belong to him?

'who THE FUCK are you and why are you talking to me?

People tell me I often have this look on my face. I always wondered why that seemed to be a BAD thing.