Brave woman shares powerful message to group of men and their despicable behaviour outside a Woolworths

An Aussie woman has slammed a group of young men who repeatedly wolf-whistled and called out to her while she was walking to her car alone after a concert. 

Jeannine Baird said the group made a 'deliberate attempt to intimidate a lone female' in Cronulla Mall, in Sydney's south.

In an open letter, she said she was walking across a dimly lit Woolworths car park, following a recent Brass Monkey concert, when the group targeted her. 

'I was completely covered, wearing a hat and scarf (over my outfit). I had on jeans and low block heeled shoes. I have greying frizzy hair,' she wrote on Facebook.   

Ms Baird also posted a photo of herself so 'there will be nobody blaming me or attempting to imply I was somehow enticing you to behave that way'. 

She then reported the matter to Sutherland Police in the hope CCTV would reveal their identities. 

Ms Baird said she hopes other women who have  similar experiences feel brave enough to make statements.

'The more we call out their attempts to embarrass or frighten us, the more ridiculous and cowardly their behaviour will become,' she said.

'We women have a right to feel safe, in any context we find ourselves. On streets, in venues, in our homes and schools and churches and clubs.' 

She also addressed the men who made her feel uncomfortable by their catcalling.

'I pray your mums, sisters, and future girlfriends, wives and daughters never experience anything like this, or worse, and that you become able to speak up in future when one of your mates decides it is funny to whistle at a woman by herself, when you are in the safety of your mob,' Ms Baird wrote.

Social media users thanked the brave woman for speaking out.

'So perfectly said. I'm sorry you were put in this situation, thank you for standing up for yourself and all women,' one person said. 

'I pray that one day a post like this never has to be repeated, because everyone has learnt to live respecting each other and their right to feel safe.'

'As a mother of a son, I hope he would NEVER behave like this,' another wrote.

'No woman should feel scared or intimidated in our country walking alone,' one person said.

Social justice campaigner Janine Hendry, who founded the March4Justice movement, said the problem is that men strive to assert dominance over women by intimidating them.

She said some young men learn this kind behaviour from their peers or from their family environment, explaining that they often 'egg each other' on thinking it's funny without considering the consequences.

'This happened quite late at night... they are making a woman not feel safe in their own space. It's about controlling how people feel, and it comes from when men feel very disempowered in another area of their life,' Ms Hendry told Yahoo.

At least 33 women have allegedly been killed by men so far this year.

Melissa Perry, CEO of White Ribbon Australia, said was no place for intimidating or predatory behaviour in our society and women had the right to feel safe at any time of the day or night.

She said the events Ms Baird described speak to the sense of male entitlement that allows men's violence to thrive.

She also said men had to be part of the solution in order to end gender-based violence, and that they could do this by making it clear that sexism is not ok.

'This isn't something new, but the emergence of the so-called online influencers like Andrew Tate are filling the void in the narrative because 'good men' are failing the stand-up and call out of misogyny, harassment and sexism where they see it,' Ms Perry said.

'Domestic homicide or sexual assault are extremes, but incidents like this, where a group of guys are making derogatory comments towards a woman, reinforce harmful attitudes and behaviour.'