GirlGI | Girl Gone International Issue 9 | Page 59

was capable of. If he was willing to behave like this out in the open, what might
follow? In a brief but terrifying thought,
should I be thankful that he was only
touching himself and not me? I was
frozen to my seat and could hear my
own pleading thoughts ‘Please don’t
come any closer, please stop, please
don’t come near me.’

2 | Anger
I cannot express the anger I felt for this man.
It wasn’t down an alleyway, I wasn’t out at
4am wearing a mini-skirt and intoxicated, I
was fully covered and heading home for an
early night. While under no circumstance
is being out late and intoxicated an invitation to this behaviour, I am aware that sadly
there are certain steps to minimise the risk
of being in this situation.

3 | Bargaining
Quickly after my fury of the situation, I
realised that I did not know what this man