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Author	qweerty93
Comment	How old are you? I only ask because I'm 30 and I found that most of the catcalling in Scotland stopped when I hit 27/28. A guy told me to sit on his face in the street on Thursday and that's literally the first time that's happened in months. I find Glasgow to be pretty tame in terms of catcalling and harassment. I've lived a few places too, including Brussels which is the most intense place I've ever been for it in Europe. Compared to NYC, I find Glasgow to be very low level for this stuff. It happened to me there while I was out with my husband (!), only ever had it while on my own here. My nastiest experiences have been at weird times too, like out running between 5am-9am. This is just my experience so yours may be different but I don't think Glasgow's too bad for it tbh. People here are very, very chatty so you definitely will get folk talking to you in pubs, bars and clubs but it's definitely not sexual or speculative most of the time tbh. Generally you can be straight and tell a guy you're not interested. There's also a scheme called "ask angela" in a lot of bars, so that if you're feeling uncomfortable, you ask a bar member for Angela and they'll call a taxi and get you away from the guy. Never used it but you see if advertised in bars a lot.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/16pwrh2/is_this_common/k1vmxxl/
Created	Sat 23rd Sep 2023 6:25pm
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How old are you? I only ask because I'm 30 and I found that most of the catcalling in Scotland stopped when I hit 27/28. A guy told me to sit on his face in the street on Thursday and that's literally the first time that's happened in months.

I find Glasgow to be pretty tame in terms of catcalling and harassment. I've lived a few places too, including Brussels which is the most intense place I've ever been for it in Europe.

Compared to NYC, I find Glasgow to be very low level for this stuff. It happened to me there while I was out with my husband (!), only ever had it while on my own here. My nastiest experiences have been at weird times too, like out running between 5am-9am.

This is just my experience so yours may be different but I don't think Glasgow's too bad for it tbh. People here are very, very chatty so you definitely will get folk talking to you in pubs, bars and clubs but it's definitely not sexual or speculative most of the time tbh. Generally you can be straight and tell a guy you're not interested.

There's also a scheme called "ask angela" in a lot of bars, so that if you're feeling uncomfortable, you ask a bar member for Angela and they'll call a taxi and get you away from the guy. Never used it but you see if advertised in bars a lot.