In southern Holland, Carnaval is a big event sort of like Halloween minus the trick or treating. It\u2019s basically a big party where everyone wears costumes, but it takes place throughout a large section of the city. I\u2019m studying here and decided I wanted to go, since it was one of those typical Dutch things I didn\u2019t want to miss. I was with 2 other exchange students, and at the end of the night, we were walking back to the train\/bus station. I definitely felt the alcohol at that point, but I wasn\u2019t wasted or anything. Anyway, it was dark but the street we were on still had people scattered about. It wasn\u2019t completely deserted. A man I\u2019d guess to be about 30 physically grabbed me and blocked my path after calling to me and my friends and getting ignored. He started making kissing noises in my face while puckering his lips, his group of large male friends in the background laughing. I remember being terrified of what might happen and giving him a quick peck on the lips before running away, hoping he\u2019d leave me alone after that. No one did anything to stop it. One of the girls I was with even laughed while penalizing ME for kissing him, despite the fact that I did it solely out of fear that he\u2019d hurt me if I didn\u2019t. I changed the subject, but was reduced to tears the second I\u2019d gotten home and had the chance to think about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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