If you ask women you know about sexual harassment, they’ll likely have stories to tell.
TikTokker Caitlin, an art student living in New York City, couldn’t stay quiet when she saw a woman being harassed on a train.
When Caitlin made eye contact with the woman, she realised she was distressed by a man staring at her.
He was also touching his genitals, which made them both uncomfortable.
Mindful of social etiquette, Caitlin didn’t want to make a scene so she stared at the man to let him know he was being watched.
But once he continued to touch himself while staring at the woman, Caitlin decided that was enough and told him to stop and back off.
The man told Caitlin to mind her own business, but she refused to stop calling him out.
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In the video, which has received more than two million views, Caitlin tells the man: ‘What am I supposed to do when you’re yelling at a random woman about your dick?
‘You’re sexually harassing her. You clearly think it’s right when it’s not right’.
The man replies: ‘What are you, a feminist?’.
Caitlin expertly responds: ‘If that’s what I have to be, bro, to tell you to stop bothering a human being.’
The man went on to justify his actions by saying he doesn’t normally do things like that and it’s his first time.
Other TikTokkers commended Caitlin for speaking up against the man.
More than 2,000 people left comments, with one person saying: ‘Thank you for being a voice for her, you are brave and did the right thing’.
Another wrote: ‘You probably made her feel safe,’ while another said: ‘It’s so easy to be a bystander and the fact that you spoke up probably gave the woman some safety in a moment of trauma’.
We certainly need more people like Caitlin.
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