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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 66 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Something tells me it was genuinely scarier being a bartender in the Bronx as a young, conventionally attractive woman.

But yeah, she's got some stones.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I mean… her story about what happened on J6 is frankly pretty fucking harrowing. Don’t get me wrong - being a Bronx bartender as a young, attractive woman must be pretty damn sketchy at times, but as a singular event, especially after becoming an extremely well known and (depending on political affiliation) adored/reviled politician, I daresay this might take the cake.

And I don’t mean to diminish her past experience of assault by saying that either. All I mean is that a relatively sudden, unexpected assault, while traumatic, has a much different mental context than knowing “there’s a group of people who have HATED me for my entire term, and they’ve broken in, and the don’t just want to relish in their power over me if they catch me, but they will want to torment me as long as possible, and they will definitely kill me, and it won’t be quick”.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I honestly wouldn’t be able to say which job I would expect to get her more sexual harassment.

[–] lemonmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Current.

As the bartender, she had cut-off and 86 authority. Act sideways with a bartender, find another place to drink. But when the creeps are your "peers" I think it's tougher to navigate.