I recently watched a video in which a woman described a horrific encounter with a man. She explained the man wanted her number and she said no. The man then picked up a brick and hit her before escaping into a car. She was in a crowd of people and no one made a move to assist her.
The man was just allowed to escape.
The woman’s face is swollen as she tries to explain the situation through tears. She questions why a man would hit her with a brick for simply saying no and why no one stepped up to help her.
Why do women say yes when they mean no
Photo by Uday Mittal on Unsplash
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few weeks now, and the video just spurred my fingers to type. You don’t have to go too far beneath the surface to understand the reason, safety.
I’ve spoken to a few women lately and asked them the same question. “If a stranger approaches you and asks for your number, and you are not interested, how do you respond to him?”