can’t stop getting catcalled in italy, losing my mind
food: gelato for me and a milkshake for my sister in a random cafe in tirano!
my sister and i have been in italy for about a week. it’s extremely unbearably hot but very pretty otherwise.
anyways, the men here are HORRIBLE. constant staring, catcalling, whistling, everything. i thought it was just because we were asian, but honestly don’t know at this point. do the women here just chalk it up and deal with it?? it’s so uncomfortable and annoying!!!!!!! i was at bershka and the men there with their wives or daughters just stare at me, which apparently is a culture thing, but oh my god! we went to a flea market and had random guys yell arigato at us (we’re taiwanese.), and some guy looked me up and down whilst clicking his tongue in the most uncomfortable fashion.
we started taking ubers to avoid these interactions, i’ve never been more uncomfortable in a country in my life. i wish this trip to italy wasn’t shadowed with this kind of experience.🥲
edit: we’ve been primarily staying in Milan. there’s discourse over me not staying in “italy”, i went to tirano for one day only on a day trip to st. moritz, which is where i ate the gelato. bershka is a clothing line aimed at a younger crowd, one of their shops resides in the central tower, about a six-eight minute walk from the duomo. what i meant to say was in the general area of the duomo/milan, not berksha specifically 😭 it just came to my mind because i came back from shopping there, lol