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Kwakusemini emaqanda ngemini eqaqambileyo, enelanga- into eyahlukileyo kwindlela amabali othusayo aqala ngayo-kodwa njengoko uJeanette Jones wayesiya kugqatso lwakhe lwemihla ngemihla, wayengazi ukuba ubomi bakhe buza kuguquka bube liphupha elibi. Ebaleka kwindawo yakhe ezolileyo, umfazi waseAustin oneminyaka engama-39 ubudala akazange abone ukuba lo mfana umise kwelinye icala lendlela. Kodwa wamqaphela, waqhubela phambili kwiibhloko ngaphambi kokufihla nokumlinda.

Uthi: “Wafika ebaleka ekoneni yendlu waza wandikhawulela nje esitratweni. "Ndazilwela ngokukhawuleza, ndikhaba kwaye ndikhwaza kakhulu kangangokuba abantu abaphantsi kwesitrato bandiva emakhayeni abo."

Emva kwemizuzu embalwa yokulwa, umhlaseli wakhe waqonda ukuba akazukuba lula kwaye wabaleka. UJones, akazange aphulukane nentloko yakhe nomzuzwana, ukwazile ukunkqaya inombolo yakhe yenombolo yephepha-mvume. Umfazi olubonileyo uhlaselo wamnceda wabiza amapolisa, awathi ngokukhawuleza ayibamba le ndoda emva kwemizuzu engama-20. Umlo osele ucaphukisile waba yinto eyoyikisayo xa abacuphi bathi wayevumile ukuba ufuna ukumrhuqa ehlathini ukuze amdlwengule.

Umhlaseli kaJones wafumana iinyanga ezili-10 entolongweni, kodwa akazange afunyanwe enetyala lokuzama ukudlwengula okanye ukuxhwila. "Nangona ndandinemikrwelo kunye nemikrwelo evela kwi-asphalt, ndiziva ngathi ndilahlekelwe malunga nonyaka wobomi bam kuxinzelelo lwengqondo kunye nokuxhalaba malunga novavanyo kunye nesiganeko," kusho uJones.

Olu hlobo lokuhlaselwa ngokwasemzimbeni luye lwaqala ukuvakala ngakumbi njengesiqhelo, njengoko uninzi lohlaselo lwamva nje oluphezulu lweembaleki zabasetyhini zenze iindaba. NgoJulayi, uMollie Tibbetts, umfundi waseDyunivesithi yase-Iowa, wanyamalala emva kokushiya ibaleka, kwaye umzimba wakhe wafunyanwa kwindawo yeembona emva kweeveki. Ngoku, iindaba zisasazekile malunga noWendy Karina Martinez, oneminyaka engama-34 ubudala wase-D.C. Emva kokushiya i-jog, wakhubeka kwindawo yokutyela enamanxeba aphelileyo aphelile. Ezi ntlobo zamabali zishiye abantu basetyhini beziva ngathi bangaphaya.Ngokophando olwenziwe kwiLebhu yeWearsafe, iipesenti ezingama-34 zabantu ababhinqileyo baziva benoloyiko ngelixa bezilolonga bodwa.

Olo luvo luyafuneka, njengoko uRich Staropoli, owayesakuba yiarhente yeNkonzo yaMfihlo kunye nochwepheshe wezokhuseleko, esithi ngelixa ukubethwa emzimbeni kunqabile, ukubethwa ngamazwi kuxhaphake kakhulu. "Kumava am, andimazi umfazi nokuba ungubani na ukuba ngubani khange ndibiziwe, ndicetyisiwe, okanye ndenziwe nje ukuba ndingonwabi ngentetho engafanelekanga, izijekulo, okanye izandi ngelixa ndizama ukuzilolonga ngaphandle, utshilo. Ukundihlukumeza)

I-Staropoli ilungile-xa i-SHAPE ibuza abasetyhini ngamabali obuqu okudibana kwabo okuyingozi ngelixa bebaleka, sathwaxwa yimiyalezo ngokukhawuleza. Kwaye ngenxa yokuba uhlaselo lomlomo lwenzeka rhoqo akuthethi ukuba abaphazamisi ngokwabo. U-Amy Nelson, oneminyaka engama-27 ubudala waseLacey, eWashington, ukhumbula eleqwa yindoda enxilileyo emngxolisa ngamazwi ahlabayo xa ebaleka. Ngelixa wayenxilile kakhulu ukuba angaleqa ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sebhloko, uNelson uthi yamoyikisa ekubeni acinge ngokutsha amaqhinga akhe okubaleka. UKathy Bellisle, oneminyaka engama-44 ubudala waseOntario, eKhanada, ukhumbula indoda eyayimlandela xa ebaleka yonke imihla de waya kumboniso kawonke-wonke waza wagrogrisa ngokubiza amapolisa. Wamshiya yedwa emva koko, kodwa uhlala esoyika ukubaleka ebusuku, ehlala etshintsha indlela yakhe, kwaye uyalumkela ukuphepha abantu angabaziyo. Kwaye uLynda Benson, oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala waseSonoma, eKhalifoniya, uthi wahlatywa yindoda emotweni yakhe kangangeeveki; nangona engazange athethe naye, kwakwanele ukumenza ancame iindlela zakhe azithandayo.

Luhlobo lokungcungcuthekiswa kwemihla ngemihla olunamabhinqa atshintsha iindlela zawo zesiqhelo. Imeko kunye nenqaku: I-50 ekhulwini yabasetyhini bathi bayesaba kakhulu ukuhamba okanye ukubaleka ebusuku kwiindawo zabo, ngokutsho kwe-poll ye-Gallup, ngelixa uphando olwenziwa yi-Stop Street Harassment lufumene ukuba i-11 ekhulwini yabasetyhini bakhetha ukwenza umthambo kwindawo yokuzivocavoca. kuba abaziva bekhululekile ukuzilolonga ngaphandle.

Ngelixa i-Staropoli iluqonda olo loyiko, uthi abasetyhini akufuneki banyanzelwe ukuba batshintshe imikhwa yabo yokuzilolonga ngenxa yoko. “Ngokwezibalo, ukhuselekile kakhulu ukwenza umthambo ngaphandle,” utshilo. "Kodwa njengayo nayiphi na imeko xa uwedwa, ukuhlala unolwazi ngendalo esingqongileyo kunye nokusebenzisa iindlela ezithile ezilula zokhuseleko zizitshixo zokuqhubeka nokonwabela imisebenzi yangaphandle unyaka wonke."

Ngexesha elizayo xa uphuma, landela iingcebiso zokhuselo eziphezulu zeStrapoli:

Mamela int yakhounikezelo. Ukuba kukho into engaziva ilungile, yenza into ekufuneka uyenzile ukuze uzive ukhululekile-nokuba oko kuthetha ukuwela isitalato ukunqanda umntu, okanye ukutsiba umkhondo obaleka kuwo kuba kumnyama kwaye ubonakala ungenanto. (Ukuba awukwazi ukwaphula imikhwa yakho yesikhova sasebusuku, ke ukhethe izixhobo zokuzilolonga ezikhanyayo nezikhanyayo ezenzelwe ukubaleka ebumnyameni.)

Musa ukuvumela i-smartphone ikunike ingqiqo yobuxoki yesindalo. Ukuba uqhuba wedwa, zama ukunxiba isixhobo esinengqondi, esifikeleleka lula (njenge Wearsafe Tag). Abahlaseli bayazi ukuba uninzi lwabantu luneselfowuni kubo, kwaye kunokuba nzima ukufikelela emzabalazweni, kodwa isixhobo esinje sinokuba sisixhobo esingalindelekanga esilumkisa umntu ofuna uncedo.

Qhubaapho kukho ukukhanya ngakumbi nengxolo. Uhlobo lomlinganiswa oza kuhlukumeza owasetyhini ozivocavoca ngaphandle kungenzeka ukuba abekwe ecaleni yiyo nayiphi na into eza kutsala umdla kwizenzo zakhe. Izibane zasesitratweni zingumhlobo wakho, njengoko kunjalo neepaki ezigcwele ngabantu ngokuchasene neendlela ezingenanto.

Hlala uvumela ezinyeenye yazi apho uya khona. Ungayichazanga eyokuba uceba ukubuya nini. Ngaloo ndlela baya kukwazi ukuza kukhangela ukuba kukho into engahambi kakuhle.

Ukuba uzifumana ukwimeko embi njengabanye abafazi, landela ukhokelo lukaJones kwaye ulwe, wenze ingxolo kwaye utsale ingqalelo kuwe kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Kwaye nangona kunokuba nzima, uJones uthi zama ukuqhubeka nokwenza into oyithandayo-isaqhuba yonke imihla kuba esithi uyala ukuvumela uloyiko lumphange indlela ayithandayo yokuzilolonga.

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