So a tiny story: on Black Friday a few weeks ago I went to Gamestop to buy my brother a game for Christmas, and I noticed this older man was watching me like a hawk. He was loitering around the front of the store without really buying anything, and every time I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye he was looking at me. I went to look at the PS4 games, and he was looking at something right behind me. I checked out the Nintendo games, and he was looking at them too. I was the only woman in the store, by the way.
By the time I got in line to pay he was loitering at the front of the store again, and I just had that feeling that he was going to try and take the game I just bought, or steal my purse, as soon as I left the store. OR, he was going to try and follow me home. And I know I donāt have to explain that terror to any woman reading this, but all I could think was that Iām in this Gamestop alone with at least twenty other men and something is about to happen. Iām beginning to freak out, to the point where Iāve just pulled my pepper spray out of my purse and into the pocket of my coat.Ā
So there I am, next in line to pay, and there is this GIGANTIC dudebro right behind me, and I say gigantic as a 6 foot tall woman. He says,Ā āMaāam? Donāt be offended, but would it be alright if I walked you to your car?ā and I was likeĀ āAre you serious?ā and he was likeĀ āThere are some weird guys in here right now. Have you noticed that guy watching you?ā and then I showed the dudebro the pepper spray in my pocket and he was likeĀ āRight on. Would you still let me walk you to your car?ā and I said yes.
So I paid, and waited while HE paid, and he walked me to my car. And just as I was getting in, the weird guy whoād been loitering came out of the store, saw me and my dudebro, and turned around and walked away in the opposite direction.Ā
In short: men who recognize that women are unsafe in dark alleys, college campuses, grocery stores, gas stations and retail stores and do something about it are the kind of quality men that this world needs more of.
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