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When your safety concerns get dismissed as paranoia

I am afraid to walk home alone after my evening class because men keep following me and making comments but everyone tells me I am overreacting.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The minimization of women's fears enables the very dangers they seek to avoid.

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