‘Walking while female’ should not be a deadly condition.
Yet that it how it feels for many women to walk down the streets of LA — not in the dark of night, but in broad daylight; not onSkid Row, but inWest Hollywood; not on a busy road, but near a college campus.
Kyrstin Munson, aheavily pregnant mom who took a walkthis weekend with her toddler, felt trapped by two “zombies” who suddenly appeared on the sidewalk in her path.
The “zombies” were drug addicts. They might have been harmless, or too stoned to do anything. But there was no way she could know.
One thing she does know is that she’s had enough.
Enough of the fear, enough of the “fight-or-flight in full blast” as she wonders, yet again, whether she will have to defend herself and her child, or try to flee.
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Then there are the sorority girls of UCLA, who report that they are being hounded, harassed, and stalked by homeless men, some of whom make crude sexual remarks, and one of whom screams at them.
AsThe California Post reported, the danger is so bad that the university’s largest women’s organization has hired private security to protect the sororities.
There aren’t enough police on the west side of LA — or anywhere, really — for young women to feel safe from the hordes on the street outside.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
