“All of a sudden I feel a presence pass me by and the whole right side of my face and down my neck is soaking wet”
A councillor has revealed she was once spat on by a man as she waited for the subway, as she argued there is a need for change in the way the city was planned.after the council backed a motion by Cllr Holly Bruce, Greens, which said women must be central to planning and public realm design to ensure spaces are safe.
She revealed how, around five years ago, she was spat on by a man at St Enoch’s Subway station. “All of a sudden I feel a presence pass me by and the whole right side of my face and down my neck is soaking wet,” Cllr Reid-McConnell said. “But the doors shut in front of the man, perhaps he had never intended to get on the carriage and intimidation was enough.”
“A few weeks later, I get a call from the police, they say they got the video footage and it shows that my story was exactly as I told it. They also let me know another woman outside St Enoch Centre reported a very similar incident.” Cllr Bruce said research has shown that “towns, cities and urban spaces were built by men and for men”.