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I'm grateful to never have had a random guy grab me. I honestly don't know how I'd react if it does happen. Given that I'm quite vocal about things I dislike, I'd probably do that.

In relation to the gym, I can completely relate. I've been working out at the gym for over 3 years now. I go every week. I've seen all sorts of things happen whilst I've been there, and the men end up acting quite differently when there's a female present. I don't know if anyone's taken pictures of me though. If they have, they were either very discreet, or I was way into my workout to notice.

Sometimes I've had it where there are several unused benches in a row. A guy could have picked any one of those benches but ends up selecting the one right next to me. Another time I was busy doing walking lunges when a guy decided to walk all the way to the tricep dip area near me (even though there was one unused by the entrance) and starts dipping away. As soon as I'd finished my 60 second rest and started doing my lunges across the room again, he stops and starts doing super heavy hammer curls (with really bad form) whilst constantly checking his surroundings. When I lunge back to my starting position, woosh, he's back on tricep dips. I made the mistake of making eye contact with him and he smiled at me. As soon as I ignored him, he left moments later. A few days later the same guy comes back, I was on bench press near the dip machine by the entrance. He could have used the same one as he did last time since it was free, but oh no, he starts working out next to me. Brings weights over and starts doing curls there too. 5 minutes later he leaves. Ok then...

More recently I was doing some light-weight cable rows when a couple of what looked to be teenagers were on the cable machine adjacent to me. One had the weight so high he couldn't even bicep curl properly and the other was constantly half repping whilst looking over to see if I was checking him out. I think he forgot peripheral vision exists.

All in all, it's unfortunate thing that happens at gyms around the world. If you see/suspect someone taking pictures of you, don't approach them, but report it to the manager or person in charge for the day. You have a right to be respected!