are women really getting into strange cars?
Posted by: elledub08 on: December 30, 2008
A few weeks ago after a friend’s birthday party, I decided to take a cab. As I was hailing the taxi, I had about 6 cars pull up next to me. Men were asking me if I “needed a ride” and calling me things like “baby” or “sweetie.”
Most notably, after I was getting annoyed and frustrated, a man about 60 slows down on the other side of the street. “I’ll give you a ride baby,” he says.
“You are NOT a cab,” I shout out.”
Then this fool says,
“aw girl, I need a lil gas money!”
I waved him off and he kept driving.
Also, a woman about 50 stopped too. “Do you need a ride, baby?” she asks.
“Are you a taxi? NO, I do NOT,” I say.
Then this heffa decides to get indignant. “well DAMN, I was JUST TRYNA BE NICE!”
She drives off, mumbling curses.
I want to know today,
Are women really getting into strange cars with strange people?
The reason why men (and some women) do this, is because it works with some of us. And that part really scares and worries me.
Do you know how many women end up beaten, killed, kidnapped, or raped under these circumstances?
Why is this working with anyone?
I am a single woman in Washington, DC, which still has a high crime rate. I can’t take any chances and I hope my sisters out there aren’t either.
I just was so angry. Firstly, to approach me like I’m a damn prostitute and THEN insult my intelligence by thinking I’m going to get into a car with a stranger?
You slay me.
5 Responses to "are women really getting into strange cars?"
December 31, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I used to do that foolishness in college, oh my misguided youth…. UNTIL a friend had it end up being a not-so-great experience. it is craziness to hop in a stranger’s car, shoot sometimes I am leery of some taxis… smh
January 9, 2009 at 1:35 am
Actually in DC yes they do. Even though I’m not a native I have heard of them doing this in around the district. Its called slugging and its done primarily during commuting hours. Its not the same as getting holla’d at around 2am for a ride, but the idea itself is not odd for the area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slugging
January 22, 2009 at 3:37 am
Happens to me ALL the time and I have never been so careless with my well-being to accept those offers. I’m good! I’ll walk if nothing else.
January 25, 2009 at 6:51 am
Carpooling/slugging/commuting is not the same thing as being sexually harassed from a car, Michael.
I live in DC too and too often for my tastes men I don’t know sidle up to me in their cars offering rides. It’s creepy as hell. They don’t care when I say “I don’t know you, leave me alone.”
One day I was walking home from the store, and a man old enough to be Methuselah’s father drove up next to me and asked if I needed a ride. He sat there waiting for my answer, and as he waited I pulled out my camera (I try to document who sexually harasses me or bothers me on the street whenever I can). When the camera was out and I aimed it at him, he finally drove off!
Even more inappropriate is when men in uniform, driving UPS or FedEx trucks, a Metrobus, or a cab approach me like that. One night, I was blocks away from my house when a cab pulled up to me and the driver asks “Girl, what’s wrong?” Nothing fool—I’m trying to get home! To the delivery men and bus drivers—do your jobs and leave me alone! To the cab driver—did you see me raise my hand to hail you? No—then keep driving and leave me alone!
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December 31, 2008 at 9:37 am
You would be surprised. I have seen it go down too many times. And as you stated unfortunately it does end that way a lot of the time. But trust me when I say , this is nothing new … AT ALL.