She has expressed a lot of what I have gone through and sometimes still go through in the U.S.A. Sadly girls and women are targets for these predators. Last year the threat became real but fortunately I was able to transfer to a different company location and I changed my shift. No matter where you live it can be dangerous to be female. I have male friends but find it difficult to establish any type of intimate relationship. Perhaps with therapy I can get to the point where I will meet the right man and have a companion for my senior years (I’m nearly 60).
‘In time we hate that which we often fear’ William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
For a long time I resented(sometimes mistook for being afraid) of the male species. Years and years of experience solidified that in my young mind. When I was about 11 years old my family had a financial crisis (the one we’ve all experienced) so we had to move a lot to places where we could set up new business and find cheap life. And in all the places we went there was always a piece of harassment.
At one point, we settled down in a small town in Western Kenya the almost ideal place and immediately my family set up a small hotel(the best we could manage at the time😁).There is where my fears began I believe. Since we were located near the bus stage, the matatu touts and bus drivers…
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Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit 