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Reverend Grace Thomas posted a photo on social media this week from an empty bus, with a male passenger choosing to sit right next to her.

The message alongside the image read: ‘Please don't do this. Even if there's nothing behind your decision to sit next to me on an otherwise empty bus, it immediately puts me on edge. I can't be alone in this, surely.’

Well it turns out she wasn’t… Grace’s tweet had more than 4,000 responses and 10 million views, with many women and girls sharing similar experiences.

She joined Anita Rani on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4's Woman's Hour to speak about her experience and the huge response she received. Plus, Michael Conroy, founder of Men at Work, joined them to discuss why some men do this and what needs to be done to tackle it.

You can listen to the full interview on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sounds – it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 19 April.