There are some anti-street-harassment videos circulating at the moment, and you know what they say about reading the comments. Yeah. That
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Context is a big thing. Dressed up, whether in elaborate costume or just something far more unusual than one would typically throw on in the morning, at a social gathering, some comments are quite expected. The thing that I've found sort of odd is wearing the least unusual part of that outfit in my icon, the boots, along with plain old blue jeans and a boring shirt. Sure, they're fancy boots, but look around, probably twenty percent of the people are wearing boots at least as fancy. Granted, very few of them are men, so, yes, I get that, but still, they're just boots. Memorably, once I was in the toothpaste aisle at the drug store, picking out a toothbrush, and someone asked me about my footwear. It just seemed out of context. Not particularly disturbing, but of course for me I can just put "normal" shoes on with the jeans and gray shirt and I guarantee that everyone will go back to ignoring me. If I got that sort of thing on a regular basis any time I was out in public no matter what I did, it would get old mighty fast as a great many women know all too well.
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