>>22137This. There is no outfit that will stop harassment from a man you encounter late at night at an unsafe place. I'm not even from a country that imposes any clothing on women and was just wearing full winter garb, coat, scarf, hat, you could barely see my face, I'd just gotten off a call and started reading a book at night when some guy came up to me with "do you have fire" and when I didn't, that fucker took out his own lighter to light up his cigarette and proceeded to harass me, talking about my eyes because it was one of the few things I hadn't covered, they really don't give a shit, anything that vaguely implies woman is subject to harassment as soon as there's any vulnerability to exploit, like being alone at night for 5 fucking minutes while you're just waiting for your bus. I was lucky there was an open shop nearby where I could go to get away from this creep and I ended up not even having to because another guy came by who told this creep off for me and I could get home without anyone following me, but damn, at this point you'd straight up have to pretend to be a perhaps tall and intimidating guy late at night to avoid this kind of "flirting". It was a one time thing and I usually feel quite safe so I don't feel that pressured to alter my appearance out of fear of harassment, but I get why people try. I don't think there's anything you can wear to really avoid harassment 100%, especially if you're petite or even just short like me (I don't know if it's true, but it's my assumption that short people get harassed more often) so you might as well wear whatever you want, right… I also don't want my clothing options to be restricted just because some asshole harassed me once. Like, I occasionally wear more revealing stuff but the only time I was harassed when I was wearing something that showed more skin was my regular bathing suit (not even my bikini) at the pool and that was like 1 time out of hundreds of times of being at the pool and once again, I was harassed because I was alone and the guy was twice my size and could get away with it. I think harassment has everything to do with vulnerability and less with how attractively you're dressed. I've mostly been harassed when I was a teenager, never did anything for my appearance either (too lazy for make-up and shaving) but I was a visibly anxious teen to the point that boys would outright kick me on the street because they knew I wouldn't do anything about it… It's gotten a lot better since I gained some confidence and it's gotten even better since I became an adult, but I think creeps are less interested in adults anyway.
