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Lock up uncouth men who make the streets feel unsafe for women
A reenactment of an unwanted sexual advances by two models along the streets of Nairobi streets. Women often endure unwanted sexual advances from men while out running their errands.
What you need to know:
- Where do these men get the boldness and audacity to impose themselves on women they do not even know?
- I often wonder if these men have families; sisters, nieces and daughters.
I wish we lived in a world where women weren’t constantly harassed by men out on the streets. The problem has become so common that, most of the time, we just brush it off. Women endure unwanted sexual advances from men while out running their errands.
The other day, as I was seated in a matatu, I saw a tout brushing his fingers through a young woman’s hair. I could clearly see the discomfort in her face and body language as she quickly walked away from the tout. This angered me and it got me thinking; does it mean that, just because she did not want to board that particular matatu, the tout was free to harass her? Where do these men get the boldness and audacity to impose themselves on women they do not even know?
