I'm glad you were able to frighten the guy following you so he ran away. Learning to confront the predators, to deny them what they want to see, that's one of the important things. Brava!
I think he was relying on his ability to intimidate me and when he saw that wasn't going to happen, he ran off, probably to look for someone else. :-( I wish I had told someone about it at the time, but I think part of the reason I didn't is that I didn't think anyone would believe me because I was overweight. I didn't really understand the distinction that acts of inappropriate sexual aggression are about power, not attraction or desire (and then there's the whole can of worms about how I believed for a very long time that no one could be attracted to me because I was fat, but that's another topic).
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Date: 2004-08-05 06:09 am (UTC)I think he was relying on his ability to intimidate me and when he saw that wasn't going to happen, he ran off, probably to look for someone else. :-( I wish I had told someone about it at the time, but I think part of the reason I didn't is that I didn't think anyone would believe me because I was overweight. I didn't really understand the distinction that acts of inappropriate sexual aggression are about power, not attraction or desire (and then there's the whole can of worms about how I believed for a very long time that no one could be attracted to me because I was fat, but that's another topic).