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Okay, so here's my extremely fucked up bad mood assessment of the situation.
First off, let me flatter you and/or myself briefly by telling you that there is no excuse for that sort of behaviour and had I been present at said event this fellow would have been made well aware of it. Is it right? No, not in the slightest, but I have a temper and will not put up with that sort of disrespectful behaviour from anyone towards anyone, especially those who seem less capable of defending themselves. And before anyone says anything about it, it's not gender specific because personal respect isn't a gender specific issue. But yeah. I was cracking my knuckles just reading your post. Not tolerable in my books at all.
And having said that, might I suggest you look into self defence classes, not with an eye towards using them but more for the knowledge that you can if you have to? Grace likely does very much have a 'don't fuck with me mojo'. I'm 5'11" and 160 lbs and I have previously stared down a guy nearly twice my size based on the same thing. Confidence shows through and if you're confident in your abilities to defend yourself, people are going to assume you can defend yourself. The catch is that you really have to believe it, which means you actually have to be able to follow through if it becomes necessary. Odds on are that you'd never use the techniques they show you, but knowing how to is all it takes.
Failing that, try to have an escort where possible. It's terrible that you'd need such a deterrent and I hate what it says about my fellow men, but if that's what it takes, so be it. Your personal safety is paramount and this sort of assault is a breach of that.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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