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Ula 18
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Ula 18

One of the first bad experiences that made me feel older was when... you'll have to cut a lot because I'll pause a lot. So, I worked as a waitress, and there was a baptism, and there was a man who kept bothering me all the time. Which I didn't see in that way because in my head, I was a little girl, and he was a man of 50, 60 years old. And I didn't see it in any sexual way as threatening; I just saw him as an annoying man who got drunk because I couldn't imagine that someone could see me, at I don't know, 16 years old, as a sexual object, especially someone so much older than me. He bothered me, and it crossed boundaries, and then I started to realize what was happening and started to ignore him. I told him to go away, stopped serving him, told my colleagues to serve him instead. And then once I went to the bathroom, he followed me into the bathroom. And then we had a very unpleasant conversation there, which ended with me locking myself in the bathroom and screaming for him to leave. Yes, and that was like the first time when I realized that maybe I'm not as young as I consider myself to be for other people. I grew up in an environment where my parents and my family are quite liberal and very supportive of women's rights, quite feminist-minded. And so, when I was little, I didn't experience that much injustice in the position of women because it was fair in my environment. And so that's another one of those bubbles that breaks every day for me. I realize that it's actually not that equal. I was taught by my family and my environment to fight, and I have never not fought for rights or thought that women don't deserve more rights. But I didn't see that much need, and every day I see a greater and greater need. ------- „From5To95“ is an art project which serves as a platform for women´s stories and experiences. Every woman represents a year in a woman´s life- from 5 to 95. #from5to95 #od5do95 More on: https://www.od5do95.com https://www.facebook.com/Od5Do95/ https://twitter.com/Od5Do95
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