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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again...I readily admit I am absolutely incapable of being rude or stern or abrupt.  I just freeze.  My husband is always on my case about this, in many contexts.  I wish I were different, but after years and years of trying, I just can't find a backbone.  Also, I look very young, so I think that makes it even harder for me to be taken seriously.

I admire all you DC people who are so self-assured, but what strategies can you offer a meek Midwestern girl?  I like the sunglasses at all hours thing.  Sometimes I wear a scarf over my hair--that also seems to keep people away, somehow.[/quote]

20:45 here.  I don't really know what advice to give.  I'm a DC girl and I guess it just comes naturally to me.   Don't look vulnerable.  Don't hesitate.  Know where you're going at all times.  Don't have a dreamy smile or even a hospitable look on your face.  Say what you need to say when someone's harassing you.  They are strangers and you want them to get away from you.  Indicate that in no uncertain terms.  One time a creep was hassling me at the ATM.  I snarled, "Back off, little man!"  He did.[/quote]

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