I'd suggest anyone who feels unsafe by being looked at or stared at seek psychological help. I don't see why people should change their behaviour, by crossing the street etc because of someone else's irrational fear. I for one would not avoid sitting near to a woman on a train and would not avoid looking in their direction. Their fear is their problem, not mine. For the record, I don't find women sexually attractive at all but I do feel heterosexual men are being unfairly vilified.
As a heterosexual male l don't in the slightest feel vilified by having behaviour which might make others feel uncomfortable drawn to my attention so l can avoid inadvertently doing so. Most decent people are only too happy to avoid discomforting others unnecessarily.
Oh, and my daughter is currently younger than teenaged, but l know that anyone staring at her like that might very well, if l then pitched up, seriously regret it.
That’s a really worrying statement. As a male (which I am) I would feel uncomfortable being stared at, but as a female?… I have enough empathy to know that it can be terrifying in the right circumstances, especially when they are on their own and at night. They don’t need psychological help just for being scared of someone who is staring at them…. They’re scared becasue they don’t know the intentions of the person staring at them and they don’t know where they are going, maybe if they get off at the same stop then they might follow them?
Why would you want someone to feel uncomfortable around you? This poster isn’t about accidentally looking at someone… it’s about prolonged staring and possibly at their chest/bum/legs etc. Normal non sex attackers tend not to do that.
Also calling the police doesn’t mean an arrest, it’s so the police can build up a picture. This might be the 5th call they’ve had about the same fella on the same weeknight in one month, it really helps them put a picture together of the person in question and why they are doing it. This isn’t a case of the next person to lock eyes with a woman by mistake getting pounced on and thrown in a jail cell.
Absolutely. The comments are a variation in victim shaming too.
If you really worried your daughter's safely and really want to create an "absolutely safe environment" for her, you can call for legislation to restore the female compartments and female waiting rooms. Also the most important thing is to restore traditional education, such as the Victorian era when the genders were relatively isolated. Many European politicians are want "return to tradition" these days so it's not really outrageous.
How about men, sorry some men, take responsibility for their actions ratter than expect women to be isolated. Your comments are equally as BS as some communities demanding that women cover their hair and upper arms. Supposedly seeing them turns men into uncontrollable sex beasts. Strangely enough l have had the control to avoid that because l was properly brought up to respect women and not objectify them.
Hammer anyone who wasn't hard until they get the message. If they don't like it they can always go and live under the Taliban's enlightened rule.
