Nicole, aged 23 2018 On a night out, on the phone to my boyfriend and two very young men walked passed. One lifted my dress whilst the other slapped my bum REALLY hard that it set me off straight away. I started following them back with one heel in hand as they ran away. However a gang of...
Nicole, aged 30 2023 Just on my way to work and a delivery guy was going into a car with another guy. As I was walking past, he wolf-whistled and I remember hearing it but when it’s happened so often before you just drown it out and ignore it completely. However, because I ignored this...
Aged 32 2023 I had just come out the shop, had my headphones in but nothing playing. I walked past two older men sat on the wall outside the shop. They must have assumed I couldn’t hear them as they both loudly commented on my body and saying revolting things they would like to do...
2023 Aged 30 I was in my gym clothes (knee length shorts, baggy t-shirt, hoodie) and a man of a similar age starts grunting at me. Starts giving me digs like “oooh come on love” pretending to lift weights. I replied “No, don’t do that” as he walked off...
Aged 18
11 August 2023
I was walking my dog along Garstang Road east in Poulton when a man in a BMW slowed down quickly and wound his window down to say “you’re a sexy girl”.
Councillor Jo Farrell, aged 52
I was waiting at the bus stop and a car drove past me and a man in the passenger seat shouted to me “get your tits out”.
Grayson, aged 14
July 2023
I was walking my dog as I stopped at a traffic light waiting the cars to go so I could cross.A man in a car waved money at me and shouted and then drove off.
Jennifer, aged 21 2019 I was walking home alone after a night out. It must’ve been about 6am in the morning – I remember as it was December time and near Christmas. A group of men in a black BMW started following me down Central Drive near the Castle pub, all the way down to the gymnasium...
Aged 17
2023
Wolf whistled and stared at as I walked away when coming out of work.
Nat 12th July 2023 I was listing to a podcast by one of my fave feminist girls, feeling really empowered and really good about being a woman. Then some guy on his electric scooter thought it was appropriate to say ‘hello sexy’ as he scooted on past me. No woman wants to hear that. Not a...
Annie, aged 15 2023 I was walking with my friend from our youth club that we go to every week. As we’re walking down the street it’s on there were these two men outside a house in their garden I didn’t think anything of it and carried on having a conversation with my friend and as I was...
Aged 26
10th June 2023
Me and my friend were out celebrating pride. We were wolf whistled at and comments such as ‘sexy girls’ were thrown at us.
Lucy, aged 26 10th June 2023 I was out for pride dressed head to toe in rainbows. Very clearly not interested in any straight white men. Regardless of what I was dressed like and what I was out celebrating, a man decided to shout that he loved me and proceeded to make a gross comment at...
Hannah, aged 34 2023 3pm midweek. A man in his 40s/50s came out of the corner store as I walked past and commented on the lovely weather. I agreed that it was a beautiful day as I continued to walk past. He then said that “a beautiful girl like (me)” should go get a pint with...
Aged 34
2023
A man in his 60/70s said “wow you’re beautiful” as he walked past. I was not looking at him or giving any indication that I wanted to be spoken to.