merlin wrote:SkirtDude wrote:Back when I liven in southeastern Virginia people routinely shouted impolite things out out car windows and honked at pedestrians - even if they were in "traditional" clothes.
Funny, they never seem to want to turn back, when you give 'em the finger, to remonstrate with you - even if they outnumber you!
Sounds like a big risk to me, you never know how mentaly ill they really are
Yet, you may be carrying a magnum 44 or mini gun
in your purse
for personal protection....
Verbal harasment is not too bad, but those who do that may be prepared to go further. Let's not hope that we get stories of fysical harasment or worse, just because wearing a skirt triggered negative attention from scumbags.
We are just as other citizens, but do stand out a little more than others, if one looks for differences, and we must not be frightened but normaly aware of our situation on the street.
My mother said to me today, "there have been some hand bag thefts with random sensless stabbing by juveniles in our town the past week, so be extra careful, you being in a skirt." And you realise again that although the attacks seem to be random, anybody different can be targetted.
Peter v.
A man is the same man in a pair of pants or a skirt. It is only the way people look at him that makes the difference.