This post deals with sexual assault and might be triggering for some readers.
In October 2018, I was sexually assaulted and locked in what I thought was my Uber.
I was trying to leave a bar in the early hours of a Sunday morning, and after several failed attempts at catching a taxi (because the journey wasn’t long enough), and a failed attempt at ordering an Uber, I ordered another Uber. The app alerted me to say that the driver was about to arrive.
Feeling tired and ready to get home, I was relieved when a car pulled up and the man inside said “Uber?”, to which I regrettably responded with “Uber for…” followed by my name. We were one minute into the four-minute journey home when I received a phone call from my actual Uber driver asking where I was.
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I turned to the man in the car to let him know that I was in the wrong vehicle. He assured me, said not to worry, and that I would get home safe. I stayed on the phone with the actual Uber driver another minute, unsure of what to do, then decided to hang up and keep going as we were only a few blocks from home.
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Check the car licence plate! Stop putting yourself at risk women.
Did you even read this? Obviously, that is how you keep safe. However "Making these kinds of decisions in the moment doesn’t mean that women deserve to be assaulted. Before you comment on events like this or form your internal opinion, think about what it is actually achieving."
I'd like to see harsher penalties and intensive rehab for men who engage in this sort of behaviour, myself, get them off the streets and evaluating their behaviour, rather than just putting back on women all the time.