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For many women, calling a taxi or a VTC is a safe solution for going out at night. However, they can still experience embarrassing and even dangerous situations. Brut collected their testimonies.
“The lustful look in the metro or the guy who comes to pick you up and who has zero gas, who is in mega reserve and who has accepted a 45-minute ride… And you wonder how he’s going to get there… That bothers me already happened, indeed yes, to be anxious not to arrive at destination.“When they go out at night, most women don’t feel comfortable or even unsafe for fear of assault. To reassure themselves, some take taxis or call VTCs on apps to get home. But this does not prevent situations of harassment from drivers. Here is how women experience their journeys in taxis or VTCs at night.
“I don’t get attached. I know it might sound a bit silly, but just in case, if there’s something… Generally, I avoid getting attached. I have a group with girlfriends where each time we go out in the evening, we check to see if we have returned home. Still. Imperatively. And also, we have an application where we geolocate”, explains a young woman. “Me, I try to be empathetic also towards the drivers, you see. But I know I’m trying to learn not to, because it can play tricks on me like giving the driver the wrong signal and suddenly you get into something personal where he thinks he knows you. or whatever”, adds another.
“As I hang out with girls a lot, I know that when they go out at night, they always have a little fear. While I go out in the evening, I am serene, in myself. I don’t tell myself that something will happen to me, because it’s not a ‘norm’ for us, whereas for the girls, it’s become a bit of a ‘norm’, let’s say , because it happens every day”, thinks a young man.