Emma

The more I think about my life the more I have realised I have had so many instances of unwanted attention that has made me uncomfortable and at times made me feel unsafe just because I am a female.

Many times walking around Manukau to get to different places, no matter how I am dressed, getting yelled at by guys in cars, whistled at, I once had a guy loudly say “errhh I wonder what she’s like in bed” as I walked across the crossing and he sat in his truck.

Then there were the times I was flashed in the city while I waited for the bus, the random guys that come up to me and tell me to smile, and the guys that get angry because you don’t want to dance with them when you are out.

Even as I write this there are so many instances, plenty from when I have been out and guys have been drinking, and the way our culture is seems like if they are drunk they just being eggs so it negates it, makes it more acceptable.

Sons need to be raised to respect women, not daughters raised to avoid potential hazards.