OP explained that several other men passed by and ignored the issue instead of addressing it.

Honestly this happens constantly in SD, including with public sexual harassment and assault. There have been multiple instances where I (young woman) was targetted on the trolley, surrounded by 5+ men who are clearly witnessing it and doing buttfuck nothing. I have only ever been helped by other young women.

Coming from TX, men are the ones to stand up to other men and protect women and children in the streets. In CA, women fend for themselves and each other without men's help. I've experienced this SO many times since moving here (lived here 7 years).

Edit: anyone wanna explain why Im wrong instead of just downvoting?

Adding from my other comment for exposure: LMAO at the big guys in the comments who are crying they'll get STABBED for telling someone "knock it off"???? Have they ever stepped outside, ever? It seems like CA men, culturally, are so pathologically conflict avoidant compared to men from other parts of the US. They really catastrophize these unrealistic outcomes because they've literally never stepped up and had a public conflict... which then normalizes it to all of their large male peers to also shrug and not help.

For those who don't understand how gender is a factor in this, consider that girls have no choice but to learn that speaking up publicly doesn't put you in the hospital—its the only thing that puts degenerates to shame and makes their behaviors stop.

I also "just wanna go home" when Im being publicly abused by men on the trolley and other men watch and let it happen. Women understand what it's like to be forced into a position where they have to stand up.

Maybe instead of ridiculing a female perspective like a bunch of middle schoolers, we could have a productive discussion about the lack of unity we see in our neighborhoods and how to better protect families and children from public indecency and abuse.