Eggs thrown & called a Slut in LS6
Published on October 15,2011 at 10:55 am in Uncategorized, one comment
A friends post on her facebook status about having things thrown at her yesterday just reminded me of something that happened to me a few years ago in Headingley. I worked in a Hotel and was walking back home along Otley Road at about 10.30pm. I was wearing my (grim & formal) uniform of blue nylon blazer and knee length skirt with a horrible white blouse when a car full of men went past and threw two eggs at me and shouted `SLUT`. I was really shaken and ran the rest of the distance home. I look back now and think what a bunch of tossers, but at the time it really stressed me out, I dont think I told anyone about it either, well till now.
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I hadn’t even realised this was a form of street harassment (feels stupid I know) but this happened to me at Halloween this year. Some men were driving down Woodsley Road in Leeds, as I was walking home, it was about 2 nights before Halloween and they threw eggs at me. I laughed it off at the time because I was with my friends, but it was very unsettling thing to happen in my friendly neighbourhood which I usually feel very safe in. This kind of behaviour shouldn’t be allowed just because it’s near to Halloween and can be disguised as a ‘prank’.