THE AUTHENTIC ECLECTIC

A Stranger Pinched My Cheek and I Did Nothing

Why women freeze when men assault them

Nichola Scurry
4 min readMar 9, 2022

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A worried young woman leaning against a brick wall, around a corner from two males staring at her, Nichola Scurry, Medium
Photo by Keira Burton from Pexels

The other day a man pinched my cheek. It was the sort of cheek pinch you might give your intimate partner or your young child. But I was neither. I was a random woman, walking about and enjoying my day. And a man I’ve never met before took it upon himself to…

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Nichola Scurry

Australian human living in Barcelona, writing mostly about popular culture with a twist of quirky. If you like my writing, I like coffee. ko-fi.com/nicscurry