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[quote=Anonymous]Yes. I counted 43 times somebody somebody came up to me or said something about my appearance when I was ca 16. I remember writing the times down and what happened. It was new to me suddenly (I had grown up on men's eyes) and didn't really have a name for it all and didn't really think what was happening. Want to add that I come from a cold nordic country where a lot of it is a no-no culturally, but it still happened. 
There were guys commenting on my breast muscles, my long legs (that stranger stopped his car to tell me that), the worst was when I found my drunk neighbor standing in my bedroom in his underwear. I screamed my head off, he left, my mom came, but thought I had had a night mare. It was a nightmare alright. 
I wasn't even sexually active nor did I dress provocatively.
It was more noticeable in US though, because it happened almost always by complete strangers and on the street.
I'm almost 40 now and the street cat-calling has mostly ended. The comments on my breast size or my butt (when the guys notice it at all) haven't stopped at work. They also add that they like older women. That's new now that I'm close to 40. So, the harassing has evolved I'd say.
The very first harassment happened when I was ca 10 by my friends 17-18 year old cousin. He climbed on top of me and made his "movements". My friend had to run for help. I was quite an ugly 10-year old and was wearing the heaviest wool sweater. Definitely was not trying to attract a male.[/quote]

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