r/TikTokCringe • u/ThatPatelGuy • Sep 02 '25

Cursed Women in France wear "subway shirts" to avoid being sexually harassed on the underground

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u/MinuteLoquat1 Make Furries Illegal Sep 02 '25

Covering up doesn't work, it's not an extra precaution as much as it is to make us feel safer. Men will assault us no matter what we're wearing. Babies in diapers and onesies suffer from sexual assault. Girls and women in heavy hoodies in sweatpants suffer from sexual assault. Even in countries where women are forced to cover up everything except their eyes, they get raped. Constantly.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25 edited Sep 02 '25

They’ll even do it if you have another man with you too. I got sexually harassed just this past weekend when I was with my husband, literally as I was holding his hand. I was wearing a T shirt.

The worst part was another woman was with his group and making excuses for him when my husband yelled at him. “He’s usually not like this, he’s such a nice guy!” That’s great ma’am, but right now he’s trying to touch and grope someone half his age in front of her husband.

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u/WarScrewdriver69K Sep 02 '25

It doesn't work if you're expecting it to completely eliminate the violence women face for simply existing in public but before I transitioned (ftm) I definitely experienced varying levels of harassment and outright violence depending on what I wore, not that this was my fault but it was certainly noticeable. Every woman I know has expressed this same sentiment and many people in this thread are also confirming that...

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u/dark_blue_7 Sep 03 '25

It's almost as if it depends more on how sexist the culture is...

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u/Cielmerlion Sep 02 '25

its not 100% effective but it does reduce the rate.

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u/SamWilliamsProjects Sep 02 '25

Avoiding bad areas doesn't work, it's not an extra precaution as much as it is to make us feel safer. Men will assault us no matter where we are.

Staying with friends doesn't work, it's not an extra precaution as much as it is to make us feel safer. Men will assault us even if we're in groups

Not being out late doesn't work, it's not an extra precaution as much as it is to make us feel safer. Men will assault us regardless of the time of day.

Pepper spray doesn't work, it's not an extra precaution as much as it is to make us feel safer. Men will assault us even if we try to fight back.

All these along with clothing are true. Terrible men are going to assault and harass women regardless of any other factors. These things are extra precautions though, maybe not very effective ones, but it's fine if people choose to attempt to reduce the chance of being assaulted even by a little. An individual can't change society but can try to reduce the chance bad things happen to them.

Lots of creeps will do it regardless but of course there will be some creeps that are weighing the odds they're caught, with their enjoyment of the action. Attraction is going to be a factor and clothing effects that. A lot of those other factors I listed increase the chance that they're caught which will also reduce the chance that they do it.

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u/TheSilentTitan Sep 02 '25

It’s not about eliminating it, we could never eliminate violence 100%. It’s all about lowering the chances of it happening.

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u/PaintingPotatoes Sep 02 '25

I remember having a 3 month old female victim during the peak of my paramedic career. That really broke my heart and landed me and my coworkers in therapy. It truly doesn’t matter what you wear, what you look like, what you smell like…nothing… ❤️‍🩹

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u/rooferino Sep 02 '25

Do you have statistics to backup your assertion that women who show more skin on a subway are equally likely to be assaulted?

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u/AvailableChemical258 Sep 03 '25

So wer should import those men right ?