Hollie

Aged 18, and in my first year at University I went for a job interview at a pub, I got the job, but not before the much much older male interviewer stroked my hand and told me how attractive I was and that we would have fun. I was completely intimidated. Needless to say I did not go back, I was actually quite scared. This is one of too many stories I could tell. When I look back at my more vulnerable self I fear for her, and i guess i probably still do fear,otherwise why would I have developed a hard faced attitude to counteract this kind of behaviour? Even so that did not help when a few years back a manager used to constantly stare at my breasts,( just to make it clear the poor things were not even on display) and on discussion with another female colleague it appeared I was not the only one, I said nothing, I did nothing , he is probably still spending his days staring at female colleagues chests while they try to update them on their projects progress ….. how do you challenge something like that? We certainly did not feel empowered to do so.