Tamsin’s story: Cambridge Terrace

Published on December 23,2011 at 9:38 pm in Your Story, no comments 

I was waiting for a bus on Cambridge Terrace when two men sidled up to me. They leered at me and got into my personal space while talking to me in silly, mocking voices: “Dayum girl, you so sexay!” etc. I sort of froze and tuned out some of what they said, and after a minute or so they seemed to lost interest and walked away. It didn’t even occur to me that maybe I should have been scared until afterwards – at the time I felt more bewildered and angry. I thought about yelling something rude after them as they left, but they might have decided to come back and harass me some more.

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