Ok, I wasnāt going to comment about this, because there was no way of doing it without talking about a part of my life I really didnāt want to. But fuck that, there be young girls out there who need a hand.
So I used to be hot when I was young. I mean, model hot, because I actually used to model. Even now, Iāve let myself go on purpose because I was tired of the harassment. But I fit a UK size 6 with a pert ass from volleyball and a cup c breast. As you can imagine, I couldnāt wear anything or go ANYWHERE without being harassed. I sometimes even happened in church.
Anyway, Iām not a shrinking lily, and when I get angry enough I can do some crazy shit. So here are some of my coping mechanisms:
1) find a matronly looking lady, run up to her with āaunt may! I havenāt seen you in ages! ā then whisper āplease help heās harassing me!ā. 99.9 times out of 100, she will be scandalised and help you anyway even if sheās annoyed or in a hurry. If no older lady is available, find a younger one, or a nun, or a trans lady. We of the sisterhood know what it is to be harnessed, and I guarantee if you look frightened enough, they will help.
2) If you are out alone at night, and someone is following you, spot a house or apartment where the lights are on and knock, asking āmumā or ādadā or ājohnā to let you in. Even if the people inside are annoyed, odds are they wonāt turn you away, and you can phone someone to pick you up, or phone the police from a safe space
3) Make noise. Cry and scream loudly, call them out āi donāt know you and you are terrifying me! Please get away from me!ā if there are people around. Even if they donāt help directly for fear of their own safety, someone around you is calling security or 911.
4) speak a foreign language. If you know it, speak the language to them fast and incessantly, like you have just met someone you knew and youāre just giving the best performance rant of why your OTP is the best OTP. Make yourself ANNOYING. Think about what would be awkward and annoying to you and make it what you do to them. If you make them think YOU are something to get away from they will leave you in peace.
Now beware, the following ones are the CRAZY ones and may not always work. But they are a valid last resort:
5) stare at them. Stare at them like youāre hungry and they are a hapless deer youāre going to tear to pieces. Like yours the girl from the ring emerging from the TV to kill them. Donāt smile, donāt change your expression. DONāT BLINK. Hold their state like youāre Wednesday Adams about to do unspeakable things to a spider, and they are the spider. Even the most courageous of stalkers balk at this, but if they donātā¦
6) Use the Hannibal Lector. After staring at them for and extended period of time (imagine all the things that have made you scared, imagine you could get revenge on them for putting you here, thatās the thought you need to have), if they are getting closer to you, whisper something like āi would fry your liver in garlicā. Even the hardiest ones will be taken aback, but keep it up while making sure you donāt let the others hear you. Things like, occult star readings requiring blood, wondering whether he is the offering the spirits sent. If youāre on this site youāve read some weird shit at least once. Tell him that. Tell him you would like him to meet your lord, Vlad the Impaler, who requires much blood to be appeased. Be a stereotypical ācrazy bitchā like they see in the movies. Believe it or not, this has worked for me twice.
Above all, banish the notion that you have to be polite.
They were impolite by approaching you. If you can, ignore them. If you are not alone, pointedly put headphones in your ear, and donāt make eye contact, wait for them to realise that āyoure a bitch anywayā and move away. If you are alone, evade and find places and ways to fix that as soon as POSSIBLE.
And if all else fails, summon Satan.