How do you handle unwanted touching?

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Hi pretty gals, so I had a very scary situation happen to me at a gas station. 
As soon as I got off my car I noticed this dude blatantly checking me out. I walked towards the door and so did he, so I pretended to go back to my car so he could walk in without waiting to hold my door.
I swear every time a man opens the door for me they always place their hand in the small of my back or shoulder as I walk in, but after this I swear I will NEVER be too shy or scared again to speak up.
He waited there with the door open and a disgusting grin on his face, I was in a rush and just couldn't wait in my car any longer and just decided to walk in. I didn't make eye contact and quietly said thank you.
I swear this man tried to walk behind me, but couldn't because there were people so he goes around, comes face to face and actually puts his hands on me!! He used one hand to run up my entire arm then enveloped me in what turned out to be a tight side hug, cuz I pushed him off of me before he could wrap himself on me, but I felt his face wanting to dig in my neck.. Like what in the actual psychopath??
I said "Ew ew, I don't like to be touched. Sorry Ew I don't like people to touch me." I don't know why in the world I apologized to this man for me not wanting to be touched. I guess it's the stranger danger alarm in my head.
When he let go he lined up super close behind me. Two guys who took notice came and wedged in between us and this man got so angry we walked out, slammed the door HARD then sped away making a big ol deal with his truck.
 The guys walked me to my car but I was pretty shaken.
Like I said before, I was today's year old when I realized I will NEVER let unwanted touching slide. Throughout the years I've had guys I know give me "friendly" side hugs that linger 2 seconds too much, or they end up letting their hand fall down my back and "accidentally" graze my butt. 
I've always been to polite and stupid for not calling them out, but that stops today. 
How do you guys deal with unwanted touching from the opposite sex? Do you call out people when your gut tells you they're being creepy?

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This is why it’s important for women to carry weapons. Doesn’t have to be a gun if that’s not your thing, but a knife, or pepper spray. Pull that sucker out any time you are threatened, and this IS threatening. You DO NOT touch a stranger, period. It is threatening and it is assault. You do not have to stand for it. Be ugly. Be loud. Be offensive. Cuss that mother fucker out and tell him to back up or there will be consequences. I’m sorry but we live in a world where we are not safe as women. Take a self defense class and consider carrying a weapon of some kind. Sorry this happened to you.

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The first thing you should do is say, I DON'T KNOW YOU very loudly and tell them to get away from you. Cuss them out, whatever… use your voice, but make sure everyone in that place knows that you do not know this person and say you need help. ￼If you do have a weapon and you have already warned this person to stay away from you, and they are still escalating to try to harm you, then take out your weapon and continue telling them to stay away from you. Again make sure everyone around you knows that you don't know that person and he's trying to harm you. ￼￼You never want to skip that part because too often people think it's a couples quarrel when something is happening to a woman. So you want to be very clear to identify to everyone around you that this is not someone you know. ￼

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Get very trained in gun safety and get a concealed permit. Never walk alone again. I'd also suggest taking a martial arts in self defense.

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Call the cops. You told them not to touch you they didn’t listen you attack in self defense or you call the cops for Harassment. Assault etc.

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call them out..

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I’m jus very assertive and forthcoming 
Attack dog vocally mode

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I'm so sorry this happened to you. I don't live in the US, so carrying a gun other than a pepper spray wouldn't be my first thought. I think another aspect of it is that I also wouldn't know if the other person is carrying gun that is perhaps more dangerous than mine, so 'whipping it out' could turn into a more dangerous confrontation. I think it's important to assess every situation individually, depending on where you are - if I was in the middle of nowhere with no people around me, I'd react completely differently than I would if this happened in a crowded place. I was once assaulted on a crowded train and I shouted 'Stop touching me!' at the guy. His face went pale and he left the carriage immediately.  Do I think this is a fair punishment for what he did though? Absolutely not! There are many freaks out there and it's truly tough to deal with them because they will abuse the fact that they are (normally) physically stronger. A defense class could be a good way to get that extra protection.

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