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What It's Like For Men On Nights Out in Hull
What It's Like For Men On Nights Out in Hull
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‘I got punched
Damian Whiteley
for speaking to
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she does that than if she shouts, ‘someone He said: “It’s normally guys on guys
has pinched my arse’. depending on where you go.
“It’s a horrible way around it, but it is “I’ve felt uncomfortable sometimes when
en have shared their exper- ‘Female bartenders drop a “I’ve dodged a few situations there and what it is.” drunks come over and start talking to you
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iences of what it’s like for glass to alert bouncers when fights with guys and that, but I’m smart and showing off, but I just tell them to f***
them on nights out in Hull
their bum is pinched’
enough to talk my way out of those ‘It’s normally guys on guys – off.”
and revealed whether or things.”
not they get harassed by women in bars, Peter said that he has never been sexu-
but you have to fit into your Nick said that he “dummies up” to
Peter Calder, 24, said that he tends to go ensure that he fits in with the vibe of the
pubs and clubs across the city. out with a big group of friends made up of ally harassed on nights out, but has female surroundings’ place he is in.
Last week, the Mail spoke to Hull friends who are subjected to inappropriate
both genders. Nick Dalton, 53, has lived in Hull all his “If you are going to a rough pub you
women about their encounters with men sexualised behaviour during their shifts.
Nevertheless, this hasn’t stopped him life and said that his experiences of dummy up. If they are talking football, you
in nightclubs and they shared shocking
from being confronted by men who have He said: “Speaking to one girl who works nights outs have generally been talk football,” he said.
stories of being harassed, touched inap-
made him feel uncomfortable. at a bar, when she walks through a bar on trouble-free. “If you are trying to be something in a
propriately and even having their drink
spiked by the opposite sex. He said: “A few times I’ve been out in the a busy night she will hold the glasses high However, Nick, who owns a vintage bike place and it doesn’t work dummy up, but
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