I don't disagree with anything the OP says in her post. It sounds like a reasonable catalogue of the harassment she's experienced over a number of years -- probably common to many women.

The only thing I would add to this discussion is that during my younger years, like the OP, I also experienced plenty of physical and emotional harassment from exactly the same kind of jerks. They exist everywhere in all countries, in every era. The only difference is that I am a man.

Going through puberty as a young male you are guaranteed to be teased, insulted, bullied, hated, humiliated, and de-humanised. You are also guaranteed to be beaten up many, many times -- sometimes while protecting women. (This will continue later in life if you live in a 'disadvantaged' neighbourhood, most likely surrounded by ill-educated thugs who operate on primal instinct alone.)

Society has deemed it acceptable to treat the 'disposable' sex in this manner in order to 'make men' of us. Similar techniques are used by the military to destroy and rebuild the psyche of its recruits.

I would caution people against making this into some kind of male/female debate. There are simply aggressors and their targets, and I'd also remind you that while it's certain that men are most commonly the culprits, you'll find they are also overwhelmingly the victims (in about an 80/20 split) of acts of violence and murder.

Luckily I am now 6'2" and +200lbs so I get left alone mostly.

Edit: I see this has been added to SRS -- thus MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN INVALIDATED (I should have added sarcasm tags to the caps lock phrase).

Also, I'm somewhat amused by the downvotes when I see that the top voted comment on this page suggests the OP is:

carefully detailing a complex life of escalating harassment that teaches women over their entire lives to be wary of STRANGERS that are men. It gives a history on why many women have been socialized to distrust strangers...adult American woman have experienced all of these things.

Closely echoing my remark that it was 'a reasonable catalogue of the harassment she's experienced over a number of years -- probably common to many women.'

And then:

"There is too much confusion that suggests a sheer failure at reading comprehension (Wha? She said all men are rapists?)."

Which exactly mirrors my note of caution regarding 'people making this into some kind of male/female debate.' The commenter goes on to talk about

My first instance of sexual harassment was at age 8 when...

Adding her personal recollections, just as I did. It seems the only thing I did differently was discuss another gender.