Bystanders

I was at our local pub in university and waiting for the girls washroom was taking forever – a friend of mine grabbed me out of line and pulled me into the guys washroom saying there was no one in there. I used the stall in the guys washroom, and when I opened the door a man was standing in the doorway blocking me from getting out. He said “what do you think you’re doing in here? You askin for a good time?” And started walking me further back into the stall. He grabbed me and started rubbing himself on me. I slapped him as hard as I could in the face and he back up enough for me to get out.

The worst part of all was the five guys who were standing in the washroom minding their own business. No one said or did anything – they were just going to keep minding their own business and let a girl get assaulted righty in front of them.

I told them they should be ashamed of themselves, and I still see some of them moving around campus with no conception of how much their actions can impact the lives of the women around them.