This Woman’s Harassment Is Alarming And A Must Read For All The Men And Women Out There

• By Asad Tipu
• December 5, 2017
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A woman was harassed.

In the midst of the #MeToo movement, it’s easy to become fatigued by the news. Unaffected even. Sexual assault stories upon sexual assault stories are being piled up, all by the same people in power, over and over.

It’s times like these when you’re tired, that it’s important to remember that you should always care.

This woman’s harrowing story should reach everyone.

Let me tell you a story about why men will never understand what it's like to be female.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

I was just on the bus on my way to a meeting. A man taps on my knee. I'm listening to music so take my ear phones out.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

The man didn’t stop there.

He asks me where the bus is going. I tell him what the next station is. He asks me where I'm going.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

I'm polite and tell him I'm going to a meeting. He then asks if I want to go for a drink.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

She became worried.

In that moment I instantly became worried. Again I am polite and say 'no thank you'. I go to put my earphones back in.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

He pulls them from my hand and says 'don't be rude'. I say 'Sorry'. I don't know what to do, I don't want to provoke him.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

Things got worse.

I look out the window but out the corner of my eye I see he is staring at me and has started to rub his crotch.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

I'm horrified and turn to ask him to stop doing it. He laughs at me. I get up and go to the bus driver.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

She tried to get some help.

I tell him that a man is rubbing himself on the bus. The driver, a man, says 'he probably isn't- sit somewhere else'.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

I say 'the man just asked me for a drink and when I said no started to rub himself'. The driver says, 'what do you expect me to do?'

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

But no matter what she did, the results were the same.

I say 'remove him from the bus, call the police- I don't care'. The driver then says to me, 'you're a pretty girl, what do you expect?'

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017

You know what I expect, fucking respect for women no matter who they are or what they look like or what they're wearing.

— Nathalie Gordon (@awlilnatty) May 4, 2017