Women Share Tips To Stay Safe From Creepy Dudes (20 Tweets)

And we’ve got more than just “have your keys in your hand, pointy sides out”.

Safety for women is always a concern; from a very young age, we’re hyper-aware of our surroundings and know that when we walk alone at night, we need to hustle like we mean business even if we’re just going to our cars.

Women on Twitter have been sharing the safety tips they personally have used over the years and we rounded up some awesome examples.

Stay safe out there, ladies.

1. Two Books

2. I’m old and I bite

3. I need a mom!

4. Yell MOM

5. Post in a bar bathroom

6. Guy’s following me

7. Simple advice

8. Moms look out for each other

9. Curse like sailors

10. Just scream for any Mom.

11. Ran into a stranger’s home

I just happened to be home one day and heard a young lady crying and realized her boyfriend was threatening her. She literally ran to me when I opened my door. Her boyfriend was pissed. I brought her into my home and called her Mom. Her Mom was so thankful.

— Yolonda 🌷 (@PoughYolonda) January 31, 2022

12. Terrifying experience

I remember being 7 in a McD’s and this man grabbed my face suddenly and said I was a pretty child. my mom grabbed me and pulled me away so hard my eyes blacked out, and when I looked again she had him by the collar with bared teeth, promising death if he touched me again. 🥺❤️‍🔥

— SKGO (@o_skgo) January 31, 2022

13. Even in the 50s women dealt with this

1950s. 9 yrs old. Weird guy following in car. Pulls over, starts to get out. Walked up to strange house, thank God unlocked. Sweet old lady locked door. Now I try to be her.

— Janice (@Janice4343) January 31, 2022

14. Protecting strangers

I was in a store, heard a man harrassing the very young female cashier.
Dropped everything & beelined over there, same time as another middle-aged woman. He left just at the sight of us! Moms do NOT play that!
We told the young cashier: ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE MOMS.

— Dr. Ohm 🇺🇲🌊🇺🇦 (@HereToRebuild) January 31, 2022

15. Furious on the phone

When there was no one else around I used to pretend to be on my phone & VERY insanely angry at the imaginary person on the line. I'd threaten graphic violence, act like I was in charge & someone was in DEEP shit, the psycho kind. I watched creepy men change their minds real fast

— Callipygean Caledonian (@CallipygeanC) January 31, 2022

16. Just stood there

I was waiting for the bus one evening when a guy was randomly screaming and running about and acting very intimidating. A man from across the road came over with his big dog and stood close by until my bus arrived without saying a word, just a kind nod. Super thankful.

— Anna (@AnnaLofberg) January 31, 2022

17. Took pics

Blizzard of 78-our town dumped all the snow in the park behind my house, every kid in town was there playing. I noticed a small green car, following us for days. Not a single adult wd take me seriously.
So I took my new camera, marched up to the car, started taking pics-he bolted

— MissKris ~#Plague_Rats & magats need not reply (@aWeeG3) January 31, 2022

18. BE RUDE

https://twitter.com/babynurse350/status/1488020905913565184?s=20&t=6cNmnZX-gBkDAzJifhO9fg

19. Do not move

Also, we were never told this when young before data collected on crime. A female private investigator said said never allow yourself to be moved to another location if confronted (even with a weapon) as your chance of survival plummets. Fight, scream, resist.

— Sammy Lawrence (@SammyBytes) January 31, 2022

20. Whip around to find the voice

Just saying mom will have every mother turn towards you, it’s just a natural instinct and my sons are grown men, but I hear mom and my head whips around looking for that voice.

— Donelle Brathwaite 👵🏼✊🏽 (@bratd2000) January 31, 2022

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