Albayrak’s assault has sparked a national conversation in Germany about what it means to be a conscientious citizen who intervenes to help other people; notes of solidarity are being collected online under the hashtag #Zivilcourage. But it’s also a reminder of the price that people often pay for attempting to intervene in incidences of harassment and assault against women.

It’s not uncommon for “good Samaritans” like Albayrak to become the victims of violence themselves. Earlier this month, a San Francisco man was stabbed nine times after he asked catcallers to stop harassing his girlfriend. In August, a Philadelphia man was knocked unconscious after asking a group of men to stop catcalling women on the street. And that doesn’t even include the violence perpetrated against women who try to refuse harassers’ advances.