Violet

I was on the underground, travelling home from work in the evening. It was fairly crowded, and there was a group of men standing nearby to where I was sitting.

Suddenly, one of the men said “Joey has a perfect view of those tits”.

Mortified, I didn’t take my eyes from my phone, hoping that “Joey” wouldn’t confront me directly. He didn’t and instead replied “what?” because he presumably didn’t hear what had been said.

“I said, Look at her tits!” The initial person repeated, louder now. He then started chanting it so loudly that the entire carriage heard his shouts of “Look at those tits!” Again, I didn’t let my gaze move from my phone, as I didn’t want to escalate anything. I hoped one of his group would call him out for his behavior, but no luck.

When I got off the train, I felt really paranoid because I had to walk through the group, and was fearful of being groped, etc. I kept close to an older lady, the only other female who was present, and that made me feel more reassured.

I managed to escape without incident, and (rather rudely) barged a lot of people to get away from the platform as quickly as possible. I wish I could say that this kind of thing is rare, but its all too common, and other women are usually my only allies.