Eight Years?
Three years ago I wrote this column: http://www.valleyplanet.com/article.php?id=1367
It still rings true. Amazing how some things never change. :(
It still rings true. Amazing how some things never change. :(
On Being Harassed
This is what I looked like yesterday – not attractive in the
least. My pants are too short, my “badge
of honor” sweatshirt isn’t fitted at all.
But it was enough to have me harassed at a level I’ve never experienced.
And I’m at the point where enough is enough.
Let me paint the picture for you: it was about 11:32 a.m., there was a break in the rain, so I took the dogs out – left the house and started walking on the sidewalk (in front of an elementary school) of a four-lane road. I’m walking at a quick pace because my 14-pounder likes to walk the edge of the sidewalk – and this makes me very anxious as cars go about 40 miles per hour down the road.
A car pulls into the median and the driver, a young man starts yelling at me.
Immediately I felt uncomfortable. I can’t remember his exact words – but he was saying sexually explicit things at me. I pointed to my ear and shrugged, “I can’t hear.” My lie didn’t stop him. He persisted. I repeated myself.
He pulled off and I was reliev…
Let me paint the picture for you: it was about 11:32 a.m., there was a break in the rain, so I took the dogs out – left the house and started walking on the sidewalk (in front of an elementary school) of a four-lane road. I’m walking at a quick pace because my 14-pounder likes to walk the edge of the sidewalk – and this makes me very anxious as cars go about 40 miles per hour down the road.
A car pulls into the median and the driver, a young man starts yelling at me.
Immediately I felt uncomfortable. I can’t remember his exact words – but he was saying sexually explicit things at me. I pointed to my ear and shrugged, “I can’t hear.” My lie didn’t stop him. He persisted. I repeated myself.
He pulled off and I was reliev…
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