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11. Getting road rage
“Driving really aggressively and having road rage. When I was younger and dating I had so many experiences as a passenger with young guys who were otherwise normal but really intense and scary when they got behind the wheel. It always seemed like a red flag.” — brazziere
12. Setting up dates in secluded areas
“Wanting to go to a secluded location if I don’t know you well. People on Tinder would suggest going on hikes or taking a walk after dinner on first dates. Didn’t even cross their minds that I would not want to be alone with them on a date.” — jittery_raccoon
13. Touching women in customer service
“Touching you in any way without permission, even if it seems harmless to you. Unfortunately that happens rather often in retail.
Don’t touch my shoulder when you talk to me. Don’t stroke my hair. Don’t caress my hand when you give me your money. Don’t touch my ass or my boobs or anything at all! Please respect my personal space.
It freaks me out when male strangers come near me and touch me in any way. It gets extra creepy when they start to compliment me and won’t stop trying to ‘befriend’ me. Your compliment in those situations doesn’t make me happy, they scare me.
I need to leave my work later and I am scared that you will wait for me outside and catch me.” — lavendelfee
14. Violent “jokes”
“Joking about mugging or assaulting us.
I was on the subway, returning home, and a group of tall guys were watching me play my Switch. One of them decided to swagger right up behind me, so that he was *breathing over my shoulder* while his friends joked about ‘let’s mug and assault her for that Switch.’
I’m less than 120 lbs. It wouldn’t take much to force me against a wall and I couldn’t escape. I could easily be mugged, beaten, raped.
I was surrounded by people, thankfully, but having one of them in my personal space, while his buds laughed about “assaulting” me had me terrorized the entire commute home. They got off at the same station I did, so I used a completely different exit and took a detour to shrug them off — I didn’t want them knowing which direction I normally used.” — SilverNightingale
15. Telling women to smile
“More annoying than scary, but telling women to smile.” — ImproveOrEnjoy
16. Not taking “no” for an answer
“Thinking ‘no’ isn’t the final answer. Believing that with a little more convincing and I’ll say yes. It makes me believe you don’t respect me and worries me how far you will go after I say no.” — FrogInSnow
17. Spamming Instagram likes
“Liking every single picture with my face on instagram in a period of like 2 minutes.” — Shy_raspberry
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