What it feels like for a girl…
I just spent, like, twenty minutes reading this excellent MetaFilter thread about women and their fears (both rational and irrational) about being in the public space. I don’t think a lot of guys understand what it’s like to be objectified to the point where it’s easier to assume every stranger is an attacker and behave accordingly. I mean, look, I’m no Paris Hilton or anything, yet I’ve been groped and catcalled and frottaged enough to be seriously wary of any guy I don’t know. It sucks but it’s the truth.