I wish I had chewed out the guy who groped me at the club

For the past weekend I’ve been in Berlin and since I really like the nightlife scene, I decided to go to Sisyphos with my boyfriend.

I was having a decent time dancing and at one point, this guy started to get real close in my space. He wasn’t dancing with me, so I thought he just wanted my spot because the sound was good there. This was already starting to annoy me so I decided to dance with stronger movements so he’d get the hint that he was in my space and that I wasn’t going to move. He was facing away from me so I didn’t get the sense that he wanted to dance with me like men usually do. He just stayed so I faced away from him and we had our backs turned to each other.

Then I felt fingertips underneath my skirt and I knew it wasn’t my boyfriend because he was in front of me. I look around and I see that this guy has his hands cupped towards me behind is ass. I turn around and he’s still doing this. So I switch places with my boyfriend and he puts his hands back.

I was honestly so shocked that I had to leave the room. I have been approached by guys before and some of them were coming on pretty strong, but I had never experienced a guy being so sneaky about it.

Looking back, I wish I had chewed him out or gotten security. But honestly, I really doubt security would’ve kicked him out because it’s just my word against him. Or worse, they could kick me out instead for being too confrontational. On the other hand, these clubs claim to be against sexism (and racism/homophobia/transphobia) so you’d think that they would believe women.

Does anyone have experience talking to security when they experience sexual harassment? Is it worth it?