sharing this encounter I had kagabi. super ulan non tapos pababa ako sa crossing tapos anlayo pa nistop ni manong driver yung ejeep sa may waiting shed and I was hesitant na lumabas kasi grabe yung ulan. and then etong konduktor sinabihan yung isang guy na payungan na lang din
tapos I realized hindi naman mahirap magtanong. that was just a simple situation. but it earned silence from those who thought little of what ate would have felt as if she had no choice but to comply despite her discomfortπ.
I can still remember how shocked she was when I asked her na "ate okay lang po?" as if she did not expect I would ask π. clearly, there are boundaries we should not openly cross just because the situation doesn't seem like it needed consent.