Word: assert
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These same men will assert that women enjoy and even solicit the attention. Fortunately, most women are not so badly in need of affection. Being ogled by complete strangers--often dirty old men--simply because I happen to have been born a woman is not flattering. Having to change directions because a leering man is sauntering toward me is not flattering. Having to leave a party early because a male under the influence of alcohol is persuaded that he is Romeo and all the women are Juliet is not flattering...
...necessarily have to take the defensive in this situation. Back up off 'da ropes and assert yourself as a confident woman of the 90s by trying these other approaches. Use the classics, "Did someone step on a duck?," or "What the hell was that?," or even preface your burst of flatulence with, "Would you like to know how I would end war and world hunger...
...just to condemn Shepard's attackers, along with any other brutes who would so grossly violate the basic respect due all people (whatever their sexual orientation), it is disingenuous to decry Americans in general as "bigots" or "homophobes," suggesting a senseless hatred of homosexuals. To do so is to assert that there are no reasonable grounds for opposing homosexuality worthy of discussion...
Late in the first period, however, the Crimson started to assert itself with tough midfield work and good combination play and it realigned the attack to put pressure on the vulnerable right side of the Stanford defense...
Only down 3-2, Harvard had a great opportunity to assert control of the game. However, the Crimson made several mental mistakes and gave up an easy goal to the Bears...