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Behind the Aegis

(53,919 posts)
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 04:41 PM Aug 2018

Man turns violent after woman declines his advances 'I'm gay, I'm just not interested,'

A Nashville woman who rebuffed a man’s advances had to run for her life after he went on a violent tirade and kicked in her car’s windshield.

Bailey Cantrell said she was approached by a man at a local gas station who asked her for her phone number and made several advances toward her, while also calling her names. She said she told him several times she wasn’t interested, but it didn’t work and the man continued to pursue her, NBC12 reports.

“My friend had gone into the gas station to get something and I was waiting outside, and this man approached me and was asking for my phone number and was calling me all these names,” Bailey said.

“After I declined, still a little bit mad, then the second I declined the third time and said ‘I’m gay, I’m just not interested,’ that’s when it triggered him and he got very aggressive,” Cantrell said.

Video surveillance shows the moment the man jumped on Bailey’s car and started stomping away on her windshield.

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Man turns violent after woman declines his advances 'I'm gay, I'm just not interested,' (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Aug 2018 OP
I hope he gets heaven05 Aug 2018 #1
Incel freak poli-junkie Aug 2018 #2
Crazed person does crazy stuff! Captain Stern Aug 2018 #3
He may have acted crazy mythology Aug 2018 #4
I don't think the guy was acting. Captain Stern Aug 2018 #5
the ones that flip out definitely have a sense of entitlement. nt TheFrenchRazor Aug 2018 #8
I've been called all kinds of names for saying "No". Solly Mack Aug 2018 #6
How about when they catcall you Ohiogal Aug 2018 #7
of course when they do that it just confirms the reason no woman will touch them with a 10 foot pole TheFrenchRazor Aug 2018 #9
That, too. Solly Mack Aug 2018 #10
"I find you so attractive that I just can't help but smash your windshield!" struggle4progress Aug 2018 #11
 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
4. He may have acted crazy
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 05:12 PM
Aug 2018

But he's just a dumbass entitled male. I say this as a guy, far too many of us presume access to women's bodies.

Captain Stern

(2,199 posts)
5. I don't think the guy was acting.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 05:31 PM
Aug 2018

He jumped on the hood of the car.....I guess it could have been some sort of performance art (that everybody hates) but, that's just crazy stuff. It's just not normal for anybody to jump on the hood of someone's car just because the owner of the car won't give them their phone number. It just doesn't happen a lot...that's why this story is news.

Solly Mack

(90,758 posts)
6. I've been called all kinds of names for saying "No".
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 05:39 PM
Aug 2018

Usually the men get around to calling me homophobic slurs after a no or two. Some go with the "Can I watch?" approach while some, like the thing in the OP, go on the full attack.

By saying No - which to their entitled minds means something is wrong with me and then by assuming I must be a lesbian, I become not only one more woman that said No - I am now part of the reason they can't get a woman.

They get scary angry. Some do. I've had to have escorts walk me out before.

I choose to leave because if they are thrown out, they could be waiting for me later.

I liked knowing I was in my car and safely away while the jerk was held inside until I was good and gone.





Ohiogal

(31,895 posts)
7. How about when they catcall you
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 06:02 PM
Aug 2018

and you put your head down and do your best to try and ignore them, so they go with "What are you, frigid?"

or just "Bitch!"

 

TheFrenchRazor

(2,116 posts)
9. of course when they do that it just confirms the reason no woman will touch them with a 10 foot pole
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 06:08 PM
Aug 2018

struggle4progress

(118,214 posts)
11. "I find you so attractive that I just can't help but smash your windshield!"
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 06:14 PM
Aug 2018
Filed under: Pick-up lines that have largely fallen from favor
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