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This story made me queasy: a young woman in DC was shot over the weekend because the shooter was mad that he couldn’t get her phone number. (BTW, she is currently doing well, but surgeons still need to remove a bullet from her ankle.) Totally horrific and unnecessary, but also super sexist. This woman was walking with friends when a man asked for her phone number. She said no, and he said he would start shooting if she didn’t give him her number, and then opened fire. Um, excuse me?
Watching the segment on the local news last night made me think about all the times I’ve been catcalled on the streets, ignored said catcallers, and then been called a “dumb b*tch” or “stupid sl*t” or whatever choice words the guy decides to use. In my experience, it seems that the men who do this feel like I owe them something – a smile, a date, a phone number, whatever – and when I don’t give it to them, they’re allowed to belittle me, or in the case of this young woman, commit an act of violence. Just. Messed up.
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