Women Assaulted Inside and Outside the Fitness Centers

Think about feeling lazy early in the morning or in the evening exhausted after a whole day's work. Think about the effort you take to visit a fitness center and out of the blue face some type of assault. Doesn't it feel disgusting? Eric Hudson, 31, from Windham NH, is charged with three counts of simple assaults. He's been convicted of purposely approaching women and asking them to teach an exercise or massage technique and putting them on his groin. He has been arrested by the police.

The news video shows that Eric accepts all the allegations of assaulting women outside fitness centers (he didn't use any kind of force). He admits that doing so gave him some sort of gratification. He even says that he had done this with more than 15 women. This means that the rest of 12 or more cases are unreported. Sometimes, it's hard for a woman to believe that she's been assaulted by a stranger. They experience some type of shock.

By being strong and reporting these incidents, they can safeguard other women from becoming the next victim. It also reduces the culprit’s chances of making advances. What inhibits a woman from reporting such incidents? Is it the fear of the culprit or the fear of how people will interpret this event? There is also a possibility that a woman is not able to react to the sudden shock and prefers forgetting what happened. Do you agree?