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[quote=Anonymous]I’ve always wondered this. Several years ago I was walking a few blocks from a metro station to a hotel late at night - after midnight due to my flight getting in very late. Lots of streetlights but no people. I was a woman alone and in retrospect I should have just booked a taxi (this was pre-Uber). A man approached me from the other direction and I could tell he was going to start to talk to me. I stood as tall as I could, strided with purpose, and looked him in the face with a “don’t [mess] with me look.” He was like “oh - sorry!”

I mean who knows what he was going to ask (directions? Money?) and whether he then just realized yeah women don’t like to be approached alone at night?

It’s happened several times in my neighborhood too - even early evening but darker here no streetlights. If I hear someone behind me I’ll turn around to look at them or strongly step to the side. But I always figure these men aren’t planning on attacking me anyway. Not sure it makes a difference. (Other than making them feel bad for just being out on a walk near a female.)
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