This viral video is a chilling reminder of why women don't feel safe on public transport at night, writes Rachel Charlton-Dailey for GLAMOUR.
“If you act up, I’ll follow you.” Those were the chilling words of a man in a video that went viral on Twitter over the weekend. He had climbed across train tracks to harass a woman he didn’t know at a train station late at night. When the woman reacted with annoyance and asked him to leave her alone, he got mad, following her and threatening to take her phone away from her to stop her filming.
Train station ticket office closures would also mean disabled people are more vulnerable to being taken advantage of if they’re forced to ask for help. What’s more, disabled women are less believed and less likely to be able to fight off an attacker. In a world where men are encouraged by influencers in the “manosphere” to dominate women, we are vulnerable wherever we go. However, taking away the people who we can seek help from will only make.