The amount of men who walk right on top of you / crowd your personal space is insane
I feel like everytime I walk on a street downtown there is a man walking VERY close behind me, and loudly (shuffling their feet, making noise). I am a short female but I don’t walk particularly slowly. I don’t know if it’s a creepiness thing, a cultural thing, or what, but it makes me uncomfortable. It is unacceptable socially to walk right up behind a woman as a man and I don’t know why they’re pretending otherwise.
I always move to the side, stop, and let them pass, and I usually get a glare, as if it’s offensive that I don’t want them on my heels. Yesterday, a homeless man was walking directly behind me, muttering swear words, and swinging his fists. I moved to the side and let him pass and he called me an f-ing btch. I’m so over it