My daughter had a horrible experience on the train from Reading to Waterloo yesterday. At Ascot a late 50s man got on and was clearly very drunk from a day at the races. She was minding her own business when he started to say: go on smile you'd be prettier etc.. 1/5
2/5 when she ignored him (the audacity of a young 22 yr old female travelling on her own) it started to escalate to full blown harassment with comments relating to rophenol and rape! Fortunately the carriage was busy and some young men who had spent the day working at Ascot...
3/5 intervened and shouted him down and made him stop. As he was leaving the train (thankfully at a stop before her) he turned to the men and held out his hand to shake saying sorry lads, it was only a bit of banter! He did not apologise to my daughter. The men told him to...
4/5 f### off and that his behaviour was unacceptable. They made sure she was OK. I am enraged at this disgusting behaviour but want to say thank you to those young men who stood up for what is right and would beseech anyone who sees this sort of thing to please do the same...
5/5 NO woman should be spoken to in this way. A young woman travelling alone should feel safe enough to do so without harassment. I never use my Twitter for personal things but I need to make a stand for my daughter and for women everywhere. #womensafety #WomenSupportingWomen
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