kate

the first time i got catcalled i was 12 years old. as a heavier girl with wider hips and a larger chest than both girls my age, i didn’t look 12. i live about 2 hours from Melbourne and this incident was the first time i had been there without my parents. however, i was with my brother, who was 13 and rather useless. during this one day, i had been told about my ass, my boobs and what people wanted to do to me in general four times. in. one. day. i don’t know whether my brother din’t hear them, or just chose to ignore them, but he din’t do anything. i just thought it was normal.
in the four years since this, several more incidences have happened, and until now, i haven’t shared any
these include,
-being groped at a school event
-being followed around by a man in Japan
-told that i should ‘cover up’ because ‘i’m asking for it’