Women Are Sharing The Low Key Forms Of Sexual Harassment They Deal With Every Day (15 Stories)

11.

“The mechanic talking to you like you’re too dumb to pour a glass of juice much less drive a car, much less understand that your brakes should not be ‘bad’ after 20,000 miles, nor should your shocks. They try to con women for unnecessary repairs all the time.” — GGLaura

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“The casual touching. Putting a hand on my shoulder or lower back or leg. Or getting uncomfortably close to me. And if you say anything everyone just wonders what my problem is. There’s also men who will do it so openly knowing no one will do anything about it. At a work event one particular guy kept following me and putting his hand up my dress.” — cuckedprincess

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“Not getting taken seriously in the work place, like, your feedback is marginalized. Not having your pain taken seriously by male doctors. Being called ‘honey’ or ‘babe’ by men who are total fucking strangers.” — Cilantroduction

14.

“The entire experience of playing a multiplayer game online.” — mus_maximus

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“I am an engineer so I’m very used to being in a male dominated workforce. As others have mentioned, the casual touching is one that really gets me. Another is the constant unwanted random people who see a woman in the office and feel the need to talk to her. It is worse if you sit on an aisle. Telling them you’re busy doesn’t work. They just keep on talking. And I don’t know if this counts as sexual harassment but having my work questioned until a male engineer says it is okay will forever piss me off.” — Girlsinstem

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Patricia Grisafi

Patricia Grisafi, PhD, is a freelance writer and educator. Her work has appeared in Salon, Vice, Bitch, Bustle, Broadly, The Establishment, and elsewhere. She is passionate about pit bull rescue, cursed objects, and designer sunglasses.