Local rapper Rouge shared a story of her interaction with a traffic officer on Sunday night when she was questioned about the length of her pants.
Taking to her Twitter page, the "No Strings" rapper said was stopped by a traffic officer and while he was looking in the car with his flashlight, he asked her why she wasn't wearing long pants?
Social media influencer Lerato Mannya then asked her if she got the officer's badge number and name to report the inappropriate question from the officer.
Last night a traffic cop shined his light into my car onto my thighs and asked me why I wasn't wearing long pants.
— #Senzenina OUT NOW ❤️ (@Rouge_Rapper) November 24, 2019
This is south africa.
I hope you got his name and badge number, and that you’re able to report him. https://t.co/fISG4f9tG5
— Lerato Mannya (@LeratoMannya) November 24, 2019
The "Midnight Drum" rapper explained in her reply to Mannya that this is not the first time a traffic cop has asked strange and inappropriate questions.
Which included a officer asking her if she's married and why such a pretty girl is driving alone.
The way I was shook and just wanted to leave the situation I didn't friend.
— #Senzenina OUT NOW ❤️ (@Rouge_Rapper) November 24, 2019
Cops are always saying weird shit to me. I married. Why is such a pretty girl all alone. This is not a first. https://t.co/6p8RDh56vJ
Mannya then quote tweeted her said that women in SA have been conditioned to take sexual harassment from men and it's not okay.
It’s not just you. Women in SA are meant to accept sexual harassment from men including cops and it’s not okay. https://t.co/j4GFaKBRtM
— Lerato Mannya (@LeratoMannya) November 24, 2019
Rouge responded by lamenting that if women do question male cops on their inappropriate comments that they will make your night a "living hell" and to get out of the situation women either keep quiet or laugh with them.
And trust if you point it out to them that they are being disrespectful. Cops can make your night a living hell if you try and tell them the law and shit. So we have to keep quiet..even laugh with them. https://t.co/SpwUWgbSUo
— #Senzenina OUT NOW ❤️ (@Rouge_Rapper) November 24, 2019