Stalking Awareness:
Stalking Awareness: Stalking is not always someone hiding in bushes or following a person down the street. Sometimes it looks like: • Repeated unwanted contact • Constant monitoring of someone's online activity • Creating new accounts after being blocked • Repeatedly discussing someone in groups, forums, or chats • Turning up unexpectedly where someone is known to be • Tracking routines, habits, or movements • Sending unwanted gifts or messages • Encouraging others to contact or watch someone • Using intimidation, fear, or obsession to maintain contact What separates stalking from normal interaction is that the contact is unwanted, persistent, and causes distress, fear, or alarm. Many victims spend months or even years questioning themselves before realising what they are experiencing is not normal behaviour. If someone asks for no contact, blocks communication, or clearly withdraws consent for interaction, those boundaries should be respected. Awareness matters because stalking ...