The Consequences of Saying No: Why Women Need to “Lead Men On”

Brick attacks and the disregard for Black women

LGWare, The Black Lens
An Injustice!
Published in
8 min readSep 6, 2023

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An angry man holding a woman against the wall
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I recently watched a video in which a woman described a horrific encounter with a man. She explained the man wanted her number and she said no. The man then picked up a brick and hit her before escaping into a car. She was in a crowd of people and no one made a move to assist her.

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