I hate leaving the house

Illustration by James R. Eads

Every time I do, I have to battle with some man bred on patriarchy and sexism. We took a bus today with Peter to test out the new route to school, plus for me to exercise my knee before the trip to Colorado. On my way back I walked to a bus stop and said "Good morning!" to an old man and smiled.He smiled back and said, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

I should be on constant alert for this type of behavior, given my life history of being viewed as a sex object, but n...