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    ‘Being a woman is scary’: the unspoken danger of declining a man’s advances

    It shouldn’t be a problem for women to decline attention from men, but it often is, as Jameela Jamil’s experiences show
    by Laura Bates Mar 25, 2019 1 minute
    Jameela Jamil was punched in the face for rejecting a man’s advances. Photograph: Ramona Rosales/the Guardian

    When the actor Jameela Jamil tweeted about her negative experiences of rejecting unwanted advances, she unleashed a torrent of similar stories from other women. Many men, on the other hand, seemed completely shocked.

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