Be Empowered By This Little Kid Standing Up For a Woman Who's Being Cat Called

Just another day in the life of a woman who dares to go out in public! But this time, there's a sort-of sweet ending.

Julia Price was just on her usual jog when some man started yelling at her. Nothing weird here, right? I mean, it sucks majorly and makes women feel unsafe and shitty, but it's nothing out of the ordinary. 

However, what was different on this day is that there was an awesome little boy standing nearby and he yelled at the creepy street harasser to stop being such a pile of garbage. 

More specifically, Price said the little kid said, "Hey. That is not nice to say to her and she didn't like you yelling at her. You shouldn't do that because she is a nice girl and I don't let anyone say mean things to people. She's a girl like my sister and I will protect her."

And lo-and-behold, it worked! The man shrunk back to whatever hell hole he crawled out of, hopefully to never harass again. (At least, let's hope.)

While I think this is amazing, and this little boy is brave and wonderful, it would be even more amazing if men would listen to the women who tell them over and over again that street harassment is not OK. If it takes a small child to remind you of your humanity, I wonder how much you have left.

In short: Street harassers are the worst, but this little boy is the best. 

Anyway, here's Julia's post:

I was on my usual running path when I heard an older man yelling loudly enough for me to hear through my headphones. "Sexy lady, hey hey hey sexy lady!" He kept screaming it and I decided to just ignore him and keep running. This ignoring seemed to piss him off so he lashed out and said "eff you, dumb B****!" Now let's keep in mind he was well-dressed and appeared to be on his lunch break from an office job. That was my trigger point. The B word. I ripped off my headphones prepared to stand up for myself when this little boy who was walking alongside his mother and little sister in a stroller looked at the guy and said, "Hey. That is not nice to say to her and she didn't like you yelling at her. You shouldn't do that because she is a nice girl and I don't let anyone say mean things to people. She's a girl like my sister and I will protect her." The man was immediately embarrassed and started gathering his lunch to leave. I asked the mother if I could hug the little boy (his name is James) and I told him how grateful I was for him. He just shrugged and said "Well I just wanted to make sure your heart was okay." According to his mother, this is a typical day in the life of James. Thank you so much to the mothers and fathers who are raising the next generation to be brave and courageous, and to be little earth angels for all. I am so touched.

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