How to stay safe during a night out

Life Kit

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🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Safety experts explain how to prevent harm in nightlife settings like bars and clubs. That includes how to project an air of confidence with your body language — and how to effectively say "no."

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0:00.0	You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
0:04.1	Just a heads up, this episode contains discussion
0:07.0	about sexual harassment and assault.
0:09.8	I moved to a new city recently,
0:11.3	and I've been super lucky to find a great group of friends here.
0:14.7	We hit it off almost immediately,
0:16.2	and we've been getting together almost every weekend since.
0:19.5	There's a lot to do in the city at night.
0:21.5	Restaurants, bars, music events, comedy clubs, bowling.
0:26.0	We were having a conversation over dinner recently,
0:28.6	coming up with new places we could go, fun activities to try.
0:32.5	A conversation that should have been light and fun
0:35.1	got kind of intense.
0:36.8	We ended up talking about all of these bad experiences
0:39.5	we've had with nightlife.
0:41.3	Getting harassed on the bus at night.
0:43.2	Someone getting hands-y in a crowd.
0:45.3	Friends that pressure you into situations
0:47.4	that you're uncomfortable with.
0:49.1	Even assault.
0:50.9	Everyone had a different story,
0:52.6	and if it wasn't something that happened to them,
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