In the country where I live sexual harassment has become something that every man should someday to proof indeed that he is a man. In fact the first time I have been victim of it, I think I was 9 maybe 10 years old, I didn’t know how to react to it and what I was supposed to do, so I kept it to myself, afraid that if I ever go tell it to my parents I would be grounded or deprived of going out playing with my friends next to our house. The first time I have ever spoken about it to an adult I was 12 and I was walking with two members of my family (who are moms by the way) when a guy called me pretty, of course I know it isn’t a big deal, I mean he didn’t touch me or anything, but for the first time I had the courage to complain about it to an adult, guess what they said that night : “you should get used to it, it won’t be the last time you will hear that kind of thing”.
I had actually started to believe that every time a guy sexually harassed me was a compliment and that I should be proud of it, until now. What I want to say is that I am sorry that we’ve come to a point where even sexual harassment has become a regular thing and is no longer considered as an act of disrespect to women. That’s is why we need further projects like this to spread awareness about the matter, so thank you so much for this initiative 🙏
