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- From: kendall@adobe.com (Janice Kendall)
- Subject: Re: Subway gropers
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.015246.26654@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- References: <1993Jan21.122002.12023@adx.adelphi.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:52:46 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.122002.12023@adx.adelphi.edu> lingling@abraxas.adelphi.edu (Lisa Nyman) writes:
- >
- >Yesterday, my sister got on a New York City subway train at 42nd St. and
- >at 96th, a guy stood behind her (note: The train was jammed as it
- >was rush hour) and she felt what she thought was a gym bag bumping into
- >her behind. At 103rd St. the train emptied a bit and she turned and saw
- >that there was no gym bag or bag of any kind and was utterly surprised
- >that this guy had been feeling her the whole time. She was sort of
- >stunned and didn't know what to do. The guy moved away and stood by
- >another woman and my sister thought he would do the same theng to her,
- >but couldn't see his hands. She did, though, see the guy lean over
- >and smell the other woman's hair, and as my sister got off right after that,
- >she said *loudly* to the woman something to the effect of - Watch out
- >for the guy behind you, he's probably been feeling your rear like he'd
- >been doing to mine. So, the question is, what would some of you have done
- >at the moment you realized there was no gym bag. My sister was stunned
- >because after 7 years of living in NYC, this was the first time
- >something like this happened.
- >--
- >Lisa Wolfisch Nyman "Life is too short to wear ugly underwear."
- >panda@syrinx.umd.edu
- >Just remember, geographers do it in places unknown to the general public.
- >New from Dweeb Publishers: Memoirs of a Workstation Widow, Oh the Agony of It
-
-
- Have you received any responses? If yes, would you mind posting a summary?
-
- I think what she did in regards to the other woman was fine. If I thought
- someone was touching me, I guess I'd try to either move, or move some object
- inbetween us (briefcase or backpack would be nice to have). Maybe saying
- something loudly wouldn't hurt, either.
-
- You can check with you hand or look to see what it is touching you. You can
- use your elbows and knees to keep some space and to keep people from pressing
- against you.
-
- Janice Kendall kendall@adobe.com ...!{decwrl|sun}!adobe!kendall
-
- "Creativity overcomes violence."
- John Bradshaw on "Homecoming"
-