Petya

I am 27 and today a man grabbed my butt on the street. I was with my mum and I felt so embarrassed. I froze after realising what has happened. My mum got so angry and shouted at him but he walked away as if nothing had happened. She felt apologetic the rest of the day and we spent a lot of money shopping trying to forget the accident by creating new happy memories. I still feel angry about it, a bit scared. I feel unsafe and worthless. Every time an unknown man touches me without permission or shouts at me or asks me details about my private life, I feel scared and I want to run away as soon as possible. I wish I could do something about it, so it won’t happen again and I wouldn’t have to warn my little sisters about it. It sickens me to think that some stranger might do the same to one of them. I don’t want to be scared. I don’t want them to be scared.

Sofia, Bulgaria