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Gopro gives you videos good enough to save and frame. This $30 wonder is not that, but serves fine as a dashcam-type thing. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZNLJS6C?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share I erase the memory card after each ride, so I don't have any to show you.
The worst harassment I got from men was when I was a teenager, specifically before I turned 18. So it gets a little better because, depressingly, a lot of men are really creepy fucks and they're saying this shit to you because you're under 18. (Don't ask me how they know, but I swear they do-- I had so many fewer creepy interactions literally right after my 18th birthday. I wondered if I had "OVER 18!" suddenly stamped on my forehead or something.) It also does get easier as you develop confidence and strategies to handle shit like this. And I think that's another reason these creepy assholes target teenagers-- they don't expect pushback. I still get mistaken for a teen sometimes (I'm short-- and these morons think short = young) and those men are shook when I stand up to them. It'd be funny if it weren't so infuriating. It will never be as nice as working in a career where you don't have to fight every day just to exist and do your work. And that sucks, especially when you really love the work. I wish it weren't like this. I had hope when I started that it'd be better for your generation of girls and... well, I don't think it is. And I'm sorry. It blows. There are places where you can find a small group of men who are, genuinely, good. The biggest thing I've ever learned is when to just gtfo, and how to find the good men-- and follow them. Because the real allies, not only will they have your back, if they start a team it'll be a damn good team, because they're hiring other good men. Keep an eye out for those men-- the ones who stick up for you and care about you as a human being just because you're a human being. And then the next dude straight up told me he’d lock me into his basement. I use this bodycam and would urge you to consider something like it (battery life on this is only ~4hrs by itself, but I've been able to wear it all day plugged into an external battery), because this one is crossing a line. Like, I'd be getting his plate number and filing a police incident report in case he came back. Please consider telling your boss as well. This is a safety issue.