46% of women worldwide don’t feel safe walking alone. Many of them endure creepy advances from men, which can be a nerve-wracking experience.
But as bad as it is, it is likewise satisfying to hear stories about these creeps getting brutally shut down. These are personal anecdotes that women shared when a user posted a short Instagram reel with the text: “I want your most unhinged way you shut down a creepy man.”
Here are some of the best responses. If this is a problem you regularly find yourself in, perhaps you can take a cue from some of these posts.
#22

I body wise was already quite well developed by 12 by face wise still very much looked like a kid. An old creepy dude was starring at me with a nasty expression, I looked him straight in the eye and asked "why are you starring at a 12 year old" he didn't stick around for long after that he was almost running to get out of there.
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37points
#24

I vomited on him. Well i told him to get out of my way. He did not...so...yeah
36points
#25

Pointed from across the parking lot and started barking and then running at him. He left pretty quickly
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32points
#26

Asked me if he could pay me a compliment, I said “it depends.
He went to tell me “if I was a judge for best bum in this pub-“ I cut him off saying “that’s not a compliment you can pay me” Bonus - he tried to carry on and I said “nope - not a compliment you can give me, my girlfriend can but not you” and right on cue rounding the corner where I was sat “I’m the girlfriend, what’s that you’re saying to her?”
He went to tell me “if I was a judge for best bum in this pub-“ I cut him off saying “that’s not a compliment you can pay me” Bonus - he tried to carry on and I said “nope - not a compliment you can give me, my girlfriend can but not you” and right on cue rounding the corner where I was sat “I’m the girlfriend, what’s that you’re saying to her?”
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31points
#27

I was approached by a guy at the bar. I wasn't interested, but the conversation was quite harmless. Then I went dancing by myself, but he and his friends tagged along shortly after. Then he leaned towards me and asked me with a soft voice: "Do you want to hear a secret?" I rolled my eyes and prepared for the worst. He whispered into my ear: "You look hot and you dance great." I blinked and responded without thinking: "That's not a secret. The entire bar knows I'm hot and I dance great." He couldn't get a word out of his mouth. I guess he wasn't ready for my confidence. I walked away and he remained silent in the upper secondary school.
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31points
#28

One night I walked into my apartment and my underwear were out of my drawer. I started to reprimanded my cats when I noticed non-cat movement in the kitchen. Apparently, I was being robbed but I mistook the young man for my GBF which confused me too because he had just been in an accident and was still recovering. Mistaking him for my bestie may have saved me a ton though because I was pissed rather than scared. I walked forward and in yelled "WHAT THE F?" Young man turned, dropped everything and bounced out the window he came from before it clicked with me that he was NOT, in fact, my bestie. I still laugh thinking about it. I'm 5ft tall and petite. He was probably 6ft or so. This kid was rocking a Bill Cosby type sweater like my bestie or I swear I would have s***t a brick. He must have thought I was the most insane little white girl he ever laid eyes on.
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31points
#29

Ask him if he's ok doing a back shaving ritual in front of my family to earn my virginity. He will need to shave the backs of every male in my family, and show them his junk to prove he's man enough. How does Saturday at midnight sound?
30points
#30

I know someone who was walking down the street in her college town. She was being followed. She slowed down and when he was closer she turned around and put her cigarette out on his face.
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28points
#31

Unhinged: barking at him. Also: put my back to them, take out my phone and start taking selfies with him in the middle and immediately texting them to somebody.
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25points
#32
Maybe not badass but last time a man wouldn't leave me alone I RANTED about everything inconvenient that happened to me and at a certain point I think he got weirded out by me!! The trick is to be creepier!!
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25points
#34
Back in the day I was a moron magnet and my most effective line was, "Hi! My name is RainDrop, I was born at Woodstock!" Most of them turned and walked away. Those that persisted ended up wearing their own drinks
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22points
#35

Lowered my head while looking up through my lashes and unfocused my eyes, then told his direction that we(my voices) and I didn't appreciate his tone at our rejection of his failed courting
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21points
#36
group of guys approached me and mid sentence i walked away singing meow meow song
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20points
#37
I kissed my best friend in front of him and loudly said how excited I was for the pride parade we were going to(we weren’t)
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18points
#39

Not me, but I saw somewhere that the best method is to tell then you’re trans. For some reason, creepy straight men get so offended when they find out they’re attracted to a trans person, as if it’s going to hurt their masculinity or smth
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17points
#40
i was drunk as hell one night and guy wouldn’t leave me alone so i got on all fours and started barking. not “arf arf”, like foaming at the mouth rabid barking. he left me alone lol.
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15points






