Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Ticked Off Tuesday-Jogging perverts

"So you can jog in place while you wait", said the creepy crossing guard near the middle and high school that I jog by. I don't think that this Charles Manson look-a-like was concerned about my heart rate staying elevated. I think he wanted to see the girls bounce. I felt like reporting him after this exchange.

Another exchange that is not uncommon is high school boys yelling out of moving cars something clever like "Hey sexy. Wanna f**k." What do they expect to occur after saying this? Am I suppose to run after the car and yell, "Yes of course I want you"?

I once went jogging and actually had a car of boys circle the block in their car to follow me. I went to someone's house I knew.

I don't know why young men think this behavior is acceptable. Or maybe they simply don't care. All I know is this behavior is at best annoying and at worse scary.

2 comments:

Kelly said...

I rarely jog...but when I do feel the urge to run I am always hyper aware of the leering. The ladies require quite a bit of structural support and even then I tend to look like I'm starring in an episode of Benny Hill.

Mia said...

Annoying yes.

Scary yes.

Why. Because they actually don't think.

Be safe.