These are things our society normalizes: Women feeling the best way to protect themselves is to walk away and let a predator keep doing his thing, because further confrontation isn’t likely to produce any outcome besides more stress. Men thinking they’re entitled to grope women who are moving their bodies, or wearing revealing clothing, or simply existing in a bar or club. Men knowing they can get away with it, because yes, the broader culture supports—or at least, does precious little to discourage—this behavior.
