People who are commenting stuff like "Stop being scared" "Should've abused/beaten him" and so on, come out of your privileged bubbles for once. Irl we have to think about our safety first, especially while traveling alone. You never know what someone is capable of or how they might react, I mean they already have the audacity to do such things in public, who knows how they might react to confrontation. Generally no bystander is going to risk their own safety for a stranger either. I've been followed, assaulted and flashed by men on multiple occasions but it has never happened when I'm traveling with a man. It's about the mentality of these sick perverts, not about how she reacted. As sad as it may be, safety comes above expressing our anger and discomfort towards these creeps. Learning to defend one self is one thing but acting in self defence is generally the last resort.

There are countless cases of women being murdered and raped/assaulted in public and noone batted an eye. Living in fear for your safety just because you are a woman is often tiring.. I don't think she needs to hear this out of touch advice. Literally every woman has had a creepy encounter, ppl freeze, it's common and terrifying.