A creepy guy on the bus creeped me out and that makes me mad

So this guy on the bus yesterday morning was being generally creepy, asking for my number, trying to get my home address, telling me that I smelled nice, etc. and it made me really uncomfortable and I'm pissed off about that.

I'm a feminist, so I'm pretty well versed in women's issues, specifically rape. I keep on reading all these stories about women being harassed and followed home and stalked and such and it freaks me out a lot. I've never had this kind of thing happen to me before, this is the first time a guy has hit on me and I've felt trapped. Usually it'll be at a party or something, they'll say whatever and I'll walk away. But on a bus I didn't have the option and that scared me.

This guy was sitting behind me, he introduced himself when I got on and asked if he could sit next to me, I said "...okay" and I now know that that was a bad response because he didn't take that as, 'she obviously doesn't want me to sit next to her, I should leave her alone.' he took it as me saying 'Okay! I would love for you to sit next to me.' So he sits next to me and I'm like, 'Oh shit, what do I do now?' He asks me all sorts of questions, all of which I give fake answers to, except when he asks me if I have a boyfriend. Stupidly, I say that I don't have a boyfriend. I could have ended all of this by saying that I had a boyfriend, I'm sure he would have left me alone if I had.

It makes me so mad that someone is allowed to make me so uncomfortable to the point that I feel like I have to lie in answer to all of his questions. I shouldn't have to worry about whether this guy will somehow find out where I live or that he'll stalk me and maybe rape me. It's complete bullshit that I have to feel so paranoid and anxious on a bus. I was literally shaking in my seat terrified of what was going to happen next.

He got off at the same stop that I did, walked next to me for a while even when I went an unconventional route. Eventually he had to go in a different direction to me. What makes me even madder was that he tried to kiss me, I turned my head so he just got my cheek, but it makes me so mad that someone feels that they have the right to do that without my permission.

The rest of the day I couldn't stop looking around me. It pissed me off that that ruined my day, I still had a nice time shopping with my friend, but I was paranoid and anxious all day.