When Mariah Nonnemacher, originally from Arkansas but living in London, visited Paris last year with a friend, she had no idea she would soon be making international headlines.
The 26-year-old and her friend booked a stay at Enjoy Hostel in the centre of Paris, but soon began to feel uncomfortable when a male staff member began acting inappropriately.
Speaking to BuzzFeed News, Mariah said the man stared at them, asked for their phone numbers and queried their phone numbers. When Mariah’s friend left and she stayed at the hostel on her own, she said the man blocked her on a stairwell and told her to “pull her top up”.
“He said ‘you’re showing too much cleavage, it’s not appropriate,” she told BuzzFeed News.
“There were people in the landing and the lobby around to hear – it’s embarrassing for one, and not that I should have to explain it, but I wasn’t wearing anything provocative.”
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It's France. This is unsurprising, considering their track record when it comes to women's rights, women didn't even get the vote until after WWII and they have only just brought in consent laws.
I found Frenchmen to be worse pervs than Italian men.
#moiaussi
Moi, moi, Aussie!