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No..not that....I've noticed several women have reported incidences of flashers and unwelcome attention,recently on the Portuguese. I've done this route a few times and can only recall the occasional strange looking bloke on the path but obviously I'm not target. Clearly this is distressing
This made me think how do women assess a situation/person to judge whether there is something dodgy going on? I recall different caminos in out of the way places in France and have often shared a room with a female and if anything I was aprehensive but I must be a harmless looking bloke! as they were totally unfazed and,like me,just wanted to sleep..but how do they know?! One incident surprised me and female friends I've told it to are amazed.....Once again in France I was lost (again) and standing on the side of the road looking at my guide book when a car stopped and woman driver asked if I was lost. I told her where I was headed and she offered me a lift. I hoped in and noticed her 3/4 year old child in the back. we took off and she said she had to stop in a shop..which she did and left me in the car with her child for about 10 minutes then she dropped me off. Even I was surprised as I wasn't even hitching,she offered a lift and had a child in the car...I must look very harmless! I do wonder what a female would have done if a car stopped,with a male driver,and was offered a lift.?....I'm guessing run a mile.
This made me think how do women assess a situation/person to judge whether there is something dodgy going on? I recall different caminos in out of the way places in France and have often shared a room with a female and if anything I was aprehensive but I must be a harmless looking bloke! as they were totally unfazed and,like me,just wanted to sleep..but how do they know?! One incident surprised me and female friends I've told it to are amazed.....Once again in France I was lost (again) and standing on the side of the road looking at my guide book when a car stopped and woman driver asked if I was lost. I told her where I was headed and she offered me a lift. I hoped in and noticed her 3/4 year old child in the back. we took off and she said she had to stop in a shop..which she did and left me in the car with her child for about 10 minutes then she dropped me off. Even I was surprised as I wasn't even hitching,she offered a lift and had a child in the car...I must look very harmless! I do wonder what a female would have done if a car stopped,with a male driver,and was offered a lift.?....I'm guessing run a mile.