I was walking towards a local cocktail bar one night, bundled up in boots, coat and scarf (cane in hand) when I heard two men at the pub to the left of me talking.
“Mate! Look at her!”
You are probably very well aware that this is a fairly standard comment from a tipsy man when a not unattractive woman walks past. I took no notice and continued to walk.
Background info: it is not a myth that some people with sight loss often develop the use of their other senses to help compensate; in my case, my hearing.
“She is at least an 8, and she’s totally blind so she’s probably gagging for it and won’t care how ugly you are!”
Confronting drunk people when alone in the street at night isn’t always advisable. So I felt that I did the men in my life (who would have had words with me for doing just that) proud; I just chuckled to myself as I imagined turning around, ramping up the sass they love so much and responding politely with:
“No, I can’t see how ugly you are, but I can hear your desperation and it puts you at maybe a 2 on my scale. I’m not sure you could handle the sensory adventure a blind girl can provide anyway...”.
Of course i would then turn on my heel and hair flick dramatically as I continued on my journey. It would have been quite spectacular.
Of course i would then turn on my heel and hair flick dramatically as I continued on my journey. It would have been quite spectacular.
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