Assaulted at camp
TW: SA
TLDR: my friend was followed into her shower at camp by a man talking about r*ping her while 5-10 other men just stood there.
On Sunday afternoon at camp, my friend was cornered and assaulted in the women’s showers at camp.
Despite them being clearly marked, a group of men did not want to wait in the men’s shower line so they got in the women’s line behind her. More men followed suit and joined them in line. While waiting, these men began making jokes about assaulting and r*ping her and other women in the showers. The men who weren’t making the jokes either laughed or said nothing.
When a shower became available to her it was the far end corner shower. As she got undressed one of the men behind her followed her and barged into her shower and began staring at her and making a comment on his “luck”. Only turning around and leaving when other women heard and someone called out to see if she was okay. She grabbed her things and ran back to our RV crying.
By the time our group got there to see if he was still around he was gone. Security or police were nowhere to be found.
This was her first ever EDC and she was traumatized. All this to say, please remember to extend the buddy system to camp, showers, and bathrooms. And men of the edc community, do f*cking better. If you see another guy following a woman or talking about hurting her, say something or do something.
Keep yourselves safe and look out for each other. Our home is getting scarier every year.