Awesome Woman Scares Groper So Badly He Craps His Pants

[Demoiselle]

13. I shouted/smacked a groper off a NYC subway car once...

Long time ago. I was getting on a train in midtown at rush hour, and behind me, pushing much more closely than necessary, even with the crowd, was a creepy type. I calmly took my (sro) place in the car, took hold of one of the hanging straps with my right hand, turned smoothly to my left and smacked the bastard across the face. Really hard. Hard and loud enough to make a woman at the end of the car let out a startled gasp. As I did that, I yelled in my best New Yorker Second Balcony voice, KEEP YA HANDS TO YOURSELF!
The car door was still open and he bolted back onto the platform.
There was not a scintilla of reaction in the car. Nobody looked me in the eye. No thumbs up, no nods, no "Goodonyer" smiles.
Nothing. Much as I would have liked a little friendly acknowledgement, I guess they might have all been afraid I'd come after them next.