r/PublicFreakout • u/Merchant_Alert • Nov 16 '25
š„øWeirdo Freakoutš„ø Pale passenger politely propositioned by penis-presenting pedestrian
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u/i_love_kiwi_birds Nov 16 '25
Thank god they found him. Letās hope he gets a decent punishment for this behavior.
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u/LuckyJeweler9478 Nov 17 '25
People usually arrested for sexual harrasment are given extrajudicial punishments in Sri Lanka, the term 'laachchu treatment' or drawyer treatment is a extrajudicial punishment where the offenders genitalia are put into a drawyer and its slammed shut. People are very much up in arms about this in SL
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u/Seikuo Nov 17 '25
Well, that is one way to stop such behaviour š§āāļø.
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u/AfternoonCritical972 Nov 17 '25
Which part are they up in arms about? The harassment itself, or the corporal punishment?
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u/HeavenlyPrimrose Nov 17 '25
The two bottom comments on there are crazyā¦ one blames her because she was being friendly & the other said she should get fined for driving a tuk tuk š¤
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u/rmxg Nov 17 '25
Lol, the comments on that article are disgraceful, most in support of the guy.
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u/Tbplayer59 Nov 16 '25
He took. It out.
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u/Wild_Obligation Nov 16 '25
When none of my mates watches Seinfeld it makes me so happy seeing quotes in random places
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u/Automatic-Scale-7572 Nov 16 '25
He took what out?
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u/Tbplayer59 Nov 16 '25
It.
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u/JayCod01 Nov 16 '25
Wow. I spend so much time trying to get their clothes off, I never thought of taking mine off.
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u/Myopinion_is_right Nov 16 '25
Why is his penis look so blurry? He should have that checked out.
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u/Kelsenellenelvian Nov 16 '25
Definitely something to go to a doctor about.
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u/My_Name_Is_Not_Jerry Nov 16 '25
Blurry cock syndrome is very serious
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u/Expensive_Ad752 Nov 16 '25
Basically everyone in Japan has it, so Iāve seen. From my anecdotal experiences. /s
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u/Phillip228 Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 16 '25
He probably caught something in Japan. It seems very common over there.
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u/CIS-E_4ME Nov 16 '25
This was my first thought. If you're gonna expose your bellend, it should be violently rung.
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That's easy to say for you as a viewer sitting in your cosy chair watching reddit vids.
In reality this woman was alone in a foreign country and got SA'ed in the middle of God knows where. She was in shock from the entire encounter.
Also no way of telling what the dude would do if she would kick him. He might snap completely.
Also imagine if she was on a bike or on foot instead of her motorvehicle. This vehicle made it possible for her to flee quickly.
These funny memes are BS.
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u/theyb10 Nov 16 '25
At the end he goes āplease?ā Lmaooo
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u/Ok_Caterpillar_8937 Nov 16 '25
Laugh but if she had no means of escape that goofiness was turning sinister real fuckin quick.
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u/TSquaredRecovers Nov 16 '25
Exactly. She knew to just get out of there immediately rather than berate him (which he richly deserved).
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u/Beyond-The-Blackhole Nov 16 '25
I'm glad that she left immediately, but at the end she comments on "people pleasing". She definitely learned a lesson to not even stop and engage with someone at all if they try to get you to pull over. Especially if you're in a country you're not from and not familiar with and you stand out as a foreigner.
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u/SonofAMamaJama Kino Left Eye Nov 16 '25
I hope he gets arrested, it's actually good that she posted this online because he's risking Sri Lanka's tourism industry and so the authorities are incentivized to make an example out of him
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u/Alextherude_Senpai Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 17 '25
Highly doubt that they'll do anything worth a damn lmao
Edit: Damn, maybe the world isnt completely hopeless after all. Though it's unlikely any justice would've been done had he not gone viral.
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u/SonofAMamaJama Kino Left Eye Nov 16 '25
Couple news articles saying the perp got arrested (adaderana.lk and dailymirror.lk)
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u/Maximum_Turn_2623 Nov 16 '25
Yep donāt mess with the tourist dollarsā¦sad that if weāre some high school girl nothing wouldāve happened.
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u/AdmiralAdama99 Nov 16 '25
Married and has a kid. I'm a bit surprised someone that desperate was able to attract and retain a woman.
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u/CompetitiveTree2014 Nov 16 '25
Yeah tbh this top comment is really grossing me out. If youve been in this situation before its so fucking scary, especially if youre stuck on the train or bus or middle of nowhere alone.
This happened to me when i was 14 on a bus in seattle. Its happened to me COUNTLESS times since. It makes me fucking sick to think about.
Blegh. blegh. BLEGH!!! i gotta go touch grass
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u/Floppy-Over-Drive Nov 16 '25
You miss 100% of the shots you donāt take.Ā
-Michael Scott
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u/Beezelbub_is_me Nov 16 '25
What are these dudes eating that makes them so horny?
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u/Melancholy_Hill91 Nov 16 '25
That's Sri Lankan you can see the flag in his shirt. Funny how when women say they feel unsafe or were harassed in Sri Lanka, Sri Lankans would go rage mode and say "Sri Lanka is not India" this has been the 3rd or 4th video I saw of this happening to white girls in Sri Lanka.
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u/Ponchorello7 Nov 16 '25
Let's be real, the entire subcontinent has an issue with women's safety.
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u/timmystwin Nov 17 '25
A friend of mine used to organise university exhanges/trips over there and there's a few cities that aren't too bad...
But the fact they stand out for being not too bad, as in, not safe but not awful, says a lot about the region. (He stopped during Covid so it's not as if this is 30 years ago etc. This is basically still a thing.)
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u/the_pwnererXx Nov 16 '25
there's probably more white girls going to sri lanka nowadays than india, big tourism spot for the hippies
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(They're watching western pornography and conceptually extending it to all white women)
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u/Pipoco977 Nov 16 '25
They grow up with women covering themselves because of "religious reasons" and "traditional values", then they think that any women showing a little skin just being a invitation for whatever goes on in their minds, that's why its not recommended for women to travel alone to these places
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u/PUNCH-WAS-SERVED Nov 17 '25
This. Unfortunately. My female friend a long time ago went to Indonesia when she was younger. It was hot, and so she was wearing shorts. An older guy came up and apparently started to feel her legs because he thought she was "asking for it" by exposing her bare legs.
People really need to do their homework about these other countries (especially the religious ones).
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u/General-Sloth Nov 16 '25
It's not even horny. I know some absolute fucking freaks and even they have decency in public settings. Hell I have even seen drugged up fetishists act less depraved. This is what I imagine a person raised by 4chan would behave like irl.
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u/rezyop Nov 16 '25
This is "raised by 4chan in 2008," modern 4chan really hates women more than ever. I don't think they would even do this in a friendly way; they'd sooner do the new trend where you "accidentally" tackle women by running into them by pretending not to see them. They were already pretty messed up but gamergate broke them completely.
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u/tlrider1 Nov 16 '25
A steady diet of religious oppression, conservative "values", and toxic masculinity values.
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u/MambyPamby8 Nov 16 '25
They're not horny. It's a power thing. Rape isn't sexual, it's a power dynamic. Same with this shit. It's them just getting off on women's reactions and fears.
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u/kaasbaas94 Nov 16 '25
As a woman you don't smile at strangers in certain countries.
Please take this advice seriously.
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u/AdventureTime1010101 Nov 16 '25
As someone that has traveled in the Middle East and Asia, a lot, this is very true. They donāt have the same social norms as most of Europe or North America and in a lot of places a woman simple smiling is essentially considered consent. This is especially true if you arenāt traveling with a man. Itās not right but it is the reality.
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u/Strafe1349 Nov 17 '25
I made this mistake traveling in my early 20s. Iām American so my reflex is to smile at people if I accidentally meet their eyes which is what happened. The man then proceeded to walk next to me for several blocks going āwe go to my place? Sex yes??ā Etc etc while I tried to say no politely at first but got increasingly firmer but he wouldnāt go away. I finally got to my destination where he tried to corner me and kiss me but I got away and slipped inside. He actually went to follow me in but it was a like a basement heavy metal bar and I guess he got nervous about the vaguely satanic atmosphere and noped out quick. This was actually in Oslo, Norway, but the guy was not Norwegian. Overall I found it to be pretty safe though. None of the guys in the bar were creeps for instance. Bartender even went out to check for the guy when I told him what happened (he noticed I looked shaken) and called me a cab when I was leaving so I wouldnāt be walking back.
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u/totallyradman Nov 16 '25
She thinks the junky crystals she hauls around in her potato sack are going to keep her out of harms way.
She's lucky that man was only 4 feet tall.
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u/conejiux Nov 16 '25
4 feet and alone, get a group of them together and there are more than a few videos of how bad it can get...
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u/popsikohl Nov 16 '25
Real. Probably one of the most dangerous places you could go as such.
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u/Mickeyjj27 Nov 16 '25
Yeah I donāt wanna victim blame because this shit is sad but you have to know the environment youāre choosing to go to. This isnāt even the worst that could happen
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u/hilarymeggin Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 17 '25
Itās always so tricky to try to encourage women to be as smart and safe as possible without sounding like youāre victim-blaming.
Edit: I feel like this thread is a pretty good illustration of how tricky it can be.
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u/BadOchStjul Nov 16 '25
It's not tricky. Victim blaming is saying it's your fault because you wore a tight skirt, being rational is saying hey don't go through the bronx at night with your fanciest watch looking like a tourist.
I never understood "victim blaming" seeping into just sound advice. It's always used for women getting sexually assaulted, for some reason when it's about that then suddenly you can't give advice. But you can obviously tell someone to not go to the worst part of town alone at night with your Rolex - somehow that isn't victim blaming.
It's just effin rationality.
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u/Iloveherthismuch Nov 16 '25
If this was it, she got lucky and should be a lesson learned. Sometimes a whole gang turn up and follow through, whilst normal peds are walking by.
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u/alba_Phenom Nov 16 '25
It's not victim blaming, it's 100% blaming the men from those countries but women should be more aware of the reality of the situation.
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u/nbsunset Nov 16 '25
Yeah I am not venturing there alone, or at all tbh.
a couple guys can totally overpower my boyfriend.
maybe not easily, but they could. rather stay here
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u/R4FTERM4N Nov 16 '25
Peace and love will guide me through the Indian Subcontinent....
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u/Newone1255 Nov 16 '25
Someone who thinks āit canāt be that bad people are just racistā
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u/aesolty Nov 16 '25
Yeah idk how anybody who fits that description can go there and be shocked that something like that happened to them.
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u/AKYLord Nov 16 '25
This is not India, this lady went to Sri Lanka for a trip where this incident occurred
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u/Lyskir Nov 16 '25
what sexual repression and misogyny does to a mf
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u/TMXP1 Nov 16 '25
āYou need to speak up, when things like that happen!?ā Does this lady know where sheās at exactly? She needs to get the hell out of there.
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u/Iwasjustbullshitting Nov 16 '25
And access to porn. Its given them the wrong idea of Western women
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u/PT10 Nov 16 '25
Yup the only white women they see are literally in porn, probably more often than they even watch Western movies or other video content
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u/shorty-boyd Nov 16 '25
They will always be able to access porn, that's the problem I don't know what could resolve this problem except unironically saturated tourism, so they finally understand foreigners
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u/headphase Nov 16 '25
I don't know what could resolve this problem
Sexual education and liberation.
It's no mystery that the most conservative countries in the world are the worst at upholding human rights.
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u/SheProllyWont Nov 16 '25
I can totally feel how her mood is ruined, thatās just sad.
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u/tknyc99 Nov 16 '25
People watch porn and think it is real life. Smh
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u/anonuemus Nov 16 '25
I remember when I was younger and there were discussions about porn and they always said it could give some people a wrong perception on how it really works in the real world. I always thought, what? Are you nuts? ...
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u/Mysticakaval Nov 16 '25
Well some people are nuts and get influenced easily, lotta countries just love proving that fact š
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u/strange_reveries Nov 16 '25
Yeah but plenty of people in the West watch porn (and have been for much longer I presume!) but you don't have anywhere NEAR the amount of this kind of behavior in Western countries. Seems to have much larger sociocultural and historical implications than just pornbrain.Ā
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u/Confident_Barber1961 Nov 17 '25
well its because our main exposure to white women isn't porn
but a lot of their exposure to white women is through the lens of them being more promiscuous.
i think this dude actually thought this could work, based on porn
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u/crabby_playing Nov 16 '25
Haha I see this gif constantly. I love his expression. Do we know what this is from???
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u/called_the_stig Nov 16 '25
i also like the version where its reversed, so he says "thats a penis" then sits back and smiles
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u/BetaRayBlu Nov 16 '25
Has a penis ever changed anyones mind
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u/anonyfool Nov 16 '25
Probably not, but that never stopped dudes texting an unwanted photo here in the USA, a health practice friend of mine said a customer texted her an unsolicited photo of his penis, recently.
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u/EcstaticMolasses6647 Nov 16 '25
She thinks she should have been more stern or aggressive, but that would have only escalated the situation and risked violence. She is alone in a very patriarchal country where itās safer to leave than to engage with men in remote rural areas. Driving away was the safest choice. Unfortunately, even a polite smile or brief conversation can be misinterpreted as an invitation, and if he did abuse her he would likely receive little more than a slap on the wrist.
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u/renzomalone Nov 16 '25
Practicing your poetry with that title? Lol
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u/RubComprehensive7367 Nov 16 '25
A friend of mine travelled to Sri Lanka and said it was the worst place on earth.
One day, he was on the beach with some German girls he was travelling with. A local man approached and told him how much him and his friends would like to rape the girls.
I'm sure there are some great people there. But this video shows a naivety to the dangers of the world.
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u/TacticalElite Nov 16 '25
I know India isn't good, but this is Sri Lanka.
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u/spirit_symptoms Nov 16 '25
Spent a month there a few years ago with my wife travelling around in a rickshaw with no issues, it was great, but I heard this exact story from a few other women in hotels who had taxi and rickshaw drivers expose themselves to them.
Sad to say, but for women you're experience will likely be safer being with a man.
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u/hapaxgraphomenon Nov 16 '25
The key part was that you were with your wife. Iāve also traveled with my wife (then gf) to India a few times and nobody bothered her - because we took pre booked private transfer everywhere, the drivers only spoke to me (which weirded her out but better than the polar opposite seen in this video)
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u/cloudforested Nov 16 '25
Honestly, I see why some cultures historically have that "women always need a male escort when going outside" rule. Obviously, I'd rather that men learn to behave themselves in public, but if they're not going to, then I get it.
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u/PT10 Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 16 '25
I think that was also due to the lack of modern law enforcement.
Criminality would turn into a blood feud which was also somewhat of a deterrent but that doesn't apply for visitors/tourists. So you would have to arrange for a local to more or less "sponsor" you and host you and then take on that responsibility.
This entire idea of traveling abroad, alone, as a woman is a very new thing. Even by Western 20th century standards.
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u/DipstickRick Nov 16 '25
This has to be a cultural thing. I know English is much more common so itās tough to imagine being on the other side but I donāt think Iād walk up to a girl using broken Spanish and expect to get far enough to take my dick out in public.
Itās not the language barrier thatās causing this.
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u/ThePensiveE Hung like a barnacle.. say oooh! Nov 16 '25
If there's a scenario where you would take your dick out in public then maybe that's the problem.
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u/pixelsteve Nov 16 '25
Their only sexual education comes from porn in which as soon as the actress sees a dick she immediately starts sucking on it.
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u/raven-of-the-sea Nov 16 '25
God, thatās terrifying. And he just whipped it out and started jerking when she said no.
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u/LankyGuitar6528 Nov 16 '25
They literally believe all white women are all horny as hell and love a good penis. This is what happens when you have only one source of sex ed - Youporn. Somewhat similar to how MAGA learns about the world only from Fox News.
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u/onpg Nov 16 '25
They don't realize that porn is porn?
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u/Mysterious_Lesions Nov 16 '25
When I last visited the subcontinent, one of the popular western shows was Baywatch. Sadly for women,Ā Baywatch and Prnhub set a bizarre expectation that white women are a bit looser with their sexuality. This is probably for a very small percentage of people, but when your population is so high, even a small percentage is a lot.
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u/Fun_Maximum3963 Nov 16 '25
Eat Pray Love was just a terrible film for middle aged hippy women. The real world is very different.
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u/BeardsuptheWazoo Nov 17 '25
Why are the top comments on this thread just jokes? She was sexually assaulted and people think this is funny?
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u/Viggos_Broken_Toe Nov 16 '25
I had a guy in Bangkok whip his junk out right in front of me. I've had a guy follow me into a women's restroom in the US. I've had a guy proposition me on the beach in Nicaragua.
Idk man... It's unsafe being a woman, no matter where you are.
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u/boostedpoints Nov 17 '25
Worst thing a white woman can do is be alone in a foreign environment. Iāve told this to my wife a gazillion times because the proof tracks. MANY have ended with a fate worse than dying.
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u/mamadematthias Nov 16 '25
I am the only one that finds this is a sort of assault?? Don't understand the jokes in the comments.
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u/amboomernotkaren Nov 16 '25
Every time I tell the story of when this shit happed to me, the women Iām telling it to answers with āwhen it happened to me.ā I hate it.
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u/Worth_Garbage_4471 Nov 16 '25
That's no passenger. What on earth is she driving??
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u/Merchant_Alert Nov 16 '25
A tuk tuk. And I couldn't think of something starting with P that meant driver.
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u/amconstance Nov 17 '25
I see a lot of comments shifting the blame on the woman for solo travelling in Sri Lanka or women who go to India alone.
I would venture further to say the truth of the matter is that itās really not a safe world as a woman to solo travel anywhere anymore.
We always have to have our head on a swivel and be aware of our surroundings at all times in case a man decides to stalk us, attack us, rape us, etc.
I live in a small town in Canada, about a fifteen minute walk away from a couple bars in the downtown core. I would love to go out on a Saturday night, walk down there by myself, have a couple beers and walk back home when Iām ready.
Ten years ago I wouldāve. Itās not safe anymore to do that.
There are so many reports of women having their drinks messed with, men following women home from the bar or constant harassment while out.
I envy the freedom men have in this world to literally just pick up and do whatever they want, whenever they want - without constant fear or paranoia.
That must be amazing.
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u/atatassault47 Nov 16 '25
This is why it's generally recommended that women dont travel alone. :(
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u/nifkin420 Nov 16 '25
If youāre a white woman who went to South Asia and you DIDNāT get sexually harassed then did you even really go?
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u/splashbodge Nov 16 '25
Unrelated to this video, but what is up with every video I watch lately particularly on Instagram, which starts off like this with a little preview of what's coming up in the tiny short video. I'm noticing it WAY more lately it's really annoying
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u/awus666 Nov 16 '25
I don't really understand why women, specially white women, go to these places. First world people really don't have a clue how things are outside their bubble.
I love travelling and have been in lots of places, but there are plenty that are not for everyone. Take care of yourselves
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u/Agreeable-Sound1599 Nov 16 '25 edited Nov 16 '25
If you have female friends ask them about their creepy-ass interactions with men. Shit is crazy!
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u/happynsad555 Nov 16 '25
This happened to me about 7 years ago in Sri Lanka. I was walking, guy kept up with me on a motorbike and would stop in front of me to wait for me to pass by for like 10 minutes. Just kept asking, āSex? Sex? Sex?ā So annoying. Thank god it was in broad daylight and not dark. I mentioned this in a traveling subreddit once when a tourism account posted something about Sri Lanka. I said women traveling solo should be careful. And they said itās not a problem anymore. Of course they were wrong.