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Reclaim the Streets (and Buildings!) Part 2: The Impact (updated)

As a result of the incident 20th January 2010 (see previous post), the fake p**n profile and the culture of fear the male lecturer generated, I collected phobias, including even going to the Uni library alone, which was unavoidable. I couldn't walk down that street alone for ages because every time I did I recalled the experience and the rising panic kept returning as I remembered the pitch dark and not knowing where to run to. This was not helped by the timetable for the following year (2nd yr) unnecessarily scheduling tutorials between 8-9 pm, several months after I'd already reported these incidents and more. A tutor himself wrote that 8pm-9pm is not a “particularly pleasant” time to have a tutorial! (Or a lecture or seminar!)  I told my personal tutor about the incident in the street (20th January 2010). He claimed in an email that he was meeting the head of the university's security later that day (1st February 2010). He wrote that "I hope by the time we meet this