Matilda: “”Ohhhh…yes….well, my daddy, he said you have a really nice arse!”"

I was on my way to the football match, wearing jeans, a winter coat and my football scarf. I walked past a man and his sweet little boy with blonde curly hair on a bike on a quiet residential street, with my headphones in and noticed the man was looking me up and down.

30 seconds later I realised the little boy (who was about 5 years old) had cycled after me.

“Madame?”

I took my headphones out.

“Oui?”

“Your scarf, is it for *****?”

“Yes it is, I’m going to the match”

“Ohhhh…yes….well, my daddy, he said you have a really nice arse!”

I always wondered why the men who say things or follow me home or touch me in the street thought their behaviour was OK, but I suppose they just listened to their ‘papa’ too.

Matilda.

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1. hollaback! brussels says:

   August 28, 2012 at 17:10

   Dear Matilda,
   Thank you for your story! It is a proof that fines probably won’t end the problem of street harassment in Brussels, because it is deeply ingrained in our society and children learn it from an early age onwards from their fathers or brothers. We’ve got your back and will keep fighting for REAL solutions.

   Your Hollaback!Brussels team

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