If a Man Took Advantage of a Drunken Girl, Would You Speak Up?
May 7, 2010— -- It's a scene that's sadly familiar -- a young girl at a bar, over-indulging while partying with friends. Usually, there's safety in numbers, but what happens if her friends leave her alone -- and a stranger decides to take advantage?
As the drinks went down, a young man sidled up next to her. His intentions quickly became questionable.
"Have you ever done a body shot?" he asked the young woman, running his hands through her hair.
She responded, "Why are you touching me? I don't know you."
But she was too drunk to fend off his advances. The man was relentless and tried to use her intoxicated state to his advantage: "We'll get some air; we'll get some fresh night air."
Patrons at McLoone's Pier House on the New Jersey shore seemed concerned, but would anyone step up to protect the defenseless young woman?
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What people didn't know is that the bar was working with us; the young woman and her pursuer were both actors. And so was the bartender. All hired by "What Would You Do?" to gauge people's reactions to this frightening scenario.
One couple couldn't seem to look away. "Is she going to be all right over there?" mumbled the gentleman, shaking his head. "She came in here plastered and he's trying to give her more shots."
Dan, our actor playing the aggressive stranger, started to drag his unwilling but helpless date toward the door.
"My hotel is literally two blocks away," he pleaded.
"But I don't know you, I don't know who you are," Jessica, our innocent party girl protested.
The concerned gentleman continued to watch and talk to the bartender. "That guy just showed up out of nowhere. He's taking advantage of her."
As Dan walked by with Jessica draped in his arms, the man's wife put her hand up to the bartender and told him, "Don't get involved."
Bystanders were clearly concerned, but so far no one was preventing him from leading her out of the bar.
