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Originally Posted by inmyrav
He nailed it.
I've been playing live for 10 years. About 6 of those years I was full time and played live frequently (and post Black Friday, exclusively). I have had men do the following to me:
-Touch me uninvited like I'm an exhibit in a ****ing petting zoo (too many times to count)
-When HU on the river facing a bet from me, ask me if they can touch my tits if they fold (twice)
-Purchase alcohol for me without asking even though I don't drink and call me names when I refuse to imbibe (probably about a dozen times)
-Yell to me "get your pussy in the cab!" while I'm waiting for the valet to bring the car (only once thank Christ but it was a "respected" name pro)
-Tell me I'm fat and/or ugly if I win a large pot from them (frequently)
-Call me all kinds of names when I decline to give them my number (maybe 20 times lifetime)
Those are just the ones I can think of right away.
And I don't have it as bad as many other women do because I mostly play off-brand games where the community is small and if someone is acting like a jackass they will be subjected to gargantuan quantities of public ridicule.
It's really difficult to overstate how huge of a problem this is.