Thinking about the past

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• AislingDM Inactive Posts: 1,666 Extreme Poster

  January 2023

  So so true @ellie2000 , people can treat girls and women in an absolutely horrendous and objectifying way. There is nothing harder than knowing people are staring and leering at you, especially when it's so constant. It's no wonder so many girls have to retreat into themselves and keep away from others to protect themselves
  
  I think there are ways to cope with this, although you shouldn't have to accept this kind of treatment either way!
  
  This link has some advice on how to engage creepy people as it is happening:
  
  https://www.thinksafeseminars.com/blog/2021/8/25/how-to-handle-creepy-guys
  
  And this one is more about how to cope emotionally after the fact (it is specifically about workplace harassment, but still useful across the board I believe:
  
  https://www.verywellmind.com/healing-from-sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace-4151996

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