For Montoya, foreigners should also understand that Latin American women deserve respect. While older foreigners harassed her at work, she often thought that these men would not behave in the same way at home. “They probably have daughters the same age as me, and I wonder if they would feel okay with their daughters hearing all the things they say to us,” she says. “And if they would be capable of doing this exact same thing in their own country. I would like for them to see us as intelligent people, as capable people, as working people, as normal humans like anyone else.”
