[queasy27]

The thread on the upskirting doctor made me think about some things that happened to me when I was in high school in the 60s, such as:

- My boss at a part-time job at Walgreen's who kept "accidentally" brushing up against me when passing me in the aisles or stockroom. Funny how his arms always bumped into my breasts.

- The pharmacy tech at that same job who took me along for a delivery, then driving the car around in circles while asking me about my sexual activities with my boyfriend/future ex-husband

- A flasher who drove alongside me masturbating in his car while I was riding my bike.

- Someone who called and asked for me when I was working in the school library, then told me in pornographic detail what he'd like to do to my body.

I'm sure we all have similar stories. The oddest thing to me now is that it never occurred to me to tell anyone and certainly not to think that some of those incidents may have been crimes. I was just, "Ew, gross." Like it was a fact of life not even worth remarking on.

I wonder what the police would have done if I had gone to them, or my mother if I had told her. I suspect nothing.