I was taking pictures of my daughters. A stranger thought I was exploiting them.

[cyberswede]

80. On one hand, I see the point re: profiling, but

On the other hand, if there were girls or young women in jeopardy, I can see how making sure they were "ok" would be a good thing.

When I was in college, my boyfriend and I were snuggling under a blanket on the front porch couch late one night. A police cruiser stopped, shined the spot on us, and asked me if I was ok.

I said I was, and he moved on.

My bf and I were annoyed at first, but then realized that there could be a scenario in which a woman in a similar situation might NOT be ok. The cop had no way of knowing we were a couple who lived together at the house - it's entirely plausible that a female college student could be in that situation without benefit of her faculties, and could actually be in jeopardy. Our slight inconvenience seemed trivial, in comparison.

That said, not being a person if color, it's entirely possible that I'm only considering my experience from a position of privilege, and I'm ignorant of how the same situation might feel if I were a minority.