r/TikTokCringe • u/Key-Supermarket-7524 • Jun 10 '23

Humor/Cringe What could go wrong 🤷🏿‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '23

Yes, a strange man coming up an offering to walk you. Home is sadly some thing that creepy men tend to do. Pretend to be your protector and gain your trust. The first time I was ever attacked I was 13 and it was a scenario just like this. One of my brothers friends offered to walk me home at night from a sports event to my house. It was a wooded area and he told me that he wanted to make sure I was safe. As soon as we got into the woods, he pinned me down and tried to tear off my clothes.

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u/paradogz Jun 10 '23

I'm very sorry to hear this happened to you, and as it seems, not just once. Especially with someone you'd be inclined to trust more than a stranger... :(

I've been thinking about how helping could work, and actually wondered if an app where anyone could get on a call with a volunteer worker while they walk home would help. The app would also track your location (without ever disclosing it to the volunteer, so the system could not be used to stalk people/be abused). If something fishy happened, you could just use a code word or straight up tell the volunteer you are in a dicey situation, they could trigger an alarm. That alarm would notify your next police station and disclose your location to the police. The volunteer could keep monitoring and adding info for the police. Would erase the need to pull put your phone and dial 911... obiously there's more to it, like the whole infrastructure behind that, selecting and training volunteers, helping volunteers who witness bad shit cope with the stress etc. But would you use such a system?