It wasn’t hard to understand why women chose the bear over men. If you can’t even handle a bit of rejection, then it’s time for some introspection. That’s what one woman in California experience when a man revealed his toxic masculinity, reacting poorly when she rejected him. The harassment that ensues is shocking but, at the same time, to be expected. In fact, you can bet any random woman picked off the street probably has a story of harassment to tell.
Shared by TikTok user Ladii Rose, the video show a man being very aggressive with another woman. Captioned “This immature guy didn’t take kindly to being rejected,” you can hear the man in the background to stop recording. She tells him to get away from her, which he ignores and approaches her anyway. He gets dangerously close and shouting, “Don’t record me, b***h.” He continues to walk toward her as she backs up onto the street, telling him to stay away from her.
The entire interaction is incredibly scary. The entire time as he’s walking back to his vehicle, he’s calling her names like “stupid a** b***h” and making fun of her appearance. As she’s still recording, he tells her to get out of the street and that he should run her over. All of this happened just because she wouldn’t give her phone number to him? As one commenter put it, “Where’s the “just say no” guys now?”
“Thank god she was recording. Who knows what he’s do is she wasn’t,” another commenter said. They may have been what ultimately kept him from putting his hands on her. Another replied, “Lol some people will still harm others regardless if they are recording. Camera does not equal safety.”
Other comments echoed my own values, like holding friends accountable if they think that’s okay to do. As one commenter said, “You gotta be on the lookout for more subtle tells, like referring to all women as ‘b***hes’ etc. when feeling out if a friend is misogynistic.”
It might be a icky word for some (mostly weirdos), but this is a cut-and-dry case of toxic masculinity. Consent is not a hard concept to understand, folks. Like one TikToker said, ““Stop recording me” you could just drive away???” And they’re right!
