Where do I start?! The first time was when I was 10 (yes, TEN) and a man cornered me in a shop, took out his penis and tried to get me to touch it. Just let that sink in for a moment.

The last time was a man I didn’t know saying, “I could fuck you wearing those sunglasses.” in a queue in a coffee shop. In the years in between I’ve had: a man run his hand up my thigh telling me the job was mine if I wanted it, but how much did I really want it? at a job interview; been followed along the street at night on more than one occasion; been grabbed by the arm in the street one night (that was a scary one); been followed home and “I was just passing in my car, do you want a lift to work?” three or four times by a man more than 30 years older than me. (I had to get one of the guys I lived with to get rid of him because he wouldn’t take no for an answer.); worked with a man when I was 19-20 and he was 60 that I had to practically peel off me every single day because his hands were all over the place and when I complained I got the stock “oh, that’s just Walter, he’s like that with everyone” answer. I’ve been shown penises I didn’t want to see on a dance floor, on a train, in a park, even in a lift once. I’ve had men’s uninvited hands on my leg more times than I can think of, and had comments made about parts of my body so many times I don’t even know any more. And those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head.