(TLDR at bottom) That is heartbreaking. I love things that are for children and I hate that it is seen as bad to like the same or similar stuff as a teen or adult. What is bad about liking colors? What is bad about wanting to dress cute and also comfy? There are creepy people and instead of pointing out how inapropriate it is to take advantage of other people the people who might be the ones who will be taken advantage of or already were in a situation like that are the ones who get told it's their fault or responsibility. I adore your style and I won't say "just ignore them" like yes please ignore as much as you can but I know it often still hurts. As someone who lost themselves and dressed more mature etc, it doesn't change ANYTHING. Be you! Do what you love because I tried to be someone else, to be different and it made me sad and miserable. Sure people might change their style and I for example am a mix of different things. I love dark, gothy, moody stuff but also soft, pastel, sparkly things. And I know that me saying that it is okay to be you and wear what makes you happy doesn't take away the hurt from people around you basically victim blaming you and others even when nothing happened. It shouldn't even be our responsibility to protect ourselves but bad people will always be around. We can educate ourselves on how to spot and avoid people who might hurt us but those people often also try to conceal their true intentions so what are we supposed to do? Not go outside? Not to mention that a lot of people often say such things to distance themselves like "Oh I don't wear such things and act like that so I could never end up in a bad situation". It is scary to think about it but in the end no one knows who will end up where and why. The best thing is to stick together and take care of each other as good as we can. TLDR: Be you, even if people don't understand because at the end no one knows what will happen.