It depends on the call, if it's a whistle or along the lines of "hey baby, lookin' good today," no problem. If it's "hey baby come and sit on my face," then it's unacceptable, but what are you gonna do?
Feel scared/dirty/ashamed until safe, be mega-pissed off for a few minutes at pigs posing as men who like to intimidate and degrade women, and then regain a grip and feel sorry for them and their inadequacies, and then forget about them. Men who actually like women and see us as more than, hmmm, vessels don't treat us this way.
No it doesn't.
It comes from socially primitive men in a group and it means, "I saw the female and my call will be the one to attract her attention, I'm a real male, I could be Alpha!".
No it doesn't.
It comes from socially primitive men in a group and it means, "I saw the female and my call will be the one to attract her attention, I'm a real male, I could be Alpha!".
I'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.
Take a look at this video:
Very true, hence why I don't give them the satisfaction of effecting me in any way for even a moment. Not going to do it. It's a win for them every moment I do, I have no intention of allowing that. Reacting to someone for words or whistles, gives them that power of effecting you, but only if you let it. No, I'll not empower them, not even for a moment.
I started to pick the first option.
Then I resented that it was restricted to women, so I'mma flounce off in a huff. :lamo
Seriously, when I was a young studmuffin I got "cat called" by women on a few occasions. There were also a couple times I got my ass grabbed by a female, and a couple times I had to fend off a grabby female I wasn't interested in.
True story and no ****.
The "shout outs" made me feel extra-studley and put a smile on my face. The grab-assers... well one was a gal I knew and kinda liked so I kinda liked it (even though it startled the **** out of me and I spilled my drink), the other was actually irritating because it was done by someone I wasn't interested in.
Then there was this one chick I REALLY wasn't interested in who played Twenty Hands until I finally lost my temper and barked at her quite sharply. She wasn't taking a hint and it got really annoying.
NOW having said that... I will agree it isn't the same thing, vs being female. As a man I had a reasonable expectation that none of the aforementioned females was going to overpower me and have their way or anything like that.
Most women have to constantly bear in mind that they're on the short end of the brute force equation if the attentive man goes beyond reasonable limits, and I can certainly imagine that would change how you'd feel about it. I can understand how a women would tend to view every catcall or unsolicited admirer as a potential threat, and I can't say I blame them.
Its not something I generally do, though, as it seems crass and ungentlemanly.
Absolutely not. Not ever. I'd never give them the satisfaction.
I'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.
Take a look at this video:
That actually happened to me once. Some guy in his car in West Hollywood wolf whistled to me as I was out on the sidewalk doing some errands. He was stopped at a traffic light, so he had a lot of time to stretch the moment out. I've gotta say, if you're a man and have never had this happen to you yourself, it's kind of a disturbing and gross experience.
In my prime, I received all too many cat calls, vulgar suggestions, propositions, etc. The worst is when a guy just follows or walks beside you, leering. My stomach was in a knot the whole time, and I kinda relived that instance when I watched the video. I was always nervous having to walk past a group of males, but you learn early on to pretend you don't see them, don't hear them, and never show fear.
To this day there are guys who insist it's a great compliment to be sexually harassed in public, women should be grateful for the attention, and if any woman doesn't like it, she's clearly a femi-nazi who hates men.
Well, yea... If it's from a guy. Getting it from a woman can be kind of weird, but generally doesn't register as being much more than mildly amusing at best, and annoyingly creepy at worst.
As a male, such crude, vulgar behavior towards women shames meI'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.
Take a look at this video:
Well...you're kind of missing the point, doncha think?
In my prime, I received all too many cat calls, vulgar suggestions, propositions, etc. The worst is when a guy just follows or walks beside you, leering. My stomach was in a knot the whole time, and I kinda relived that instance when I watched the video. I was always nervous having to walk past a group of males, but you learn early on to pretend you don't see them, don't hear them, and never show fear.
To this day there are guys who insist it's a great compliment to be sexually harassed in public, women should be grateful for the attention, and if any woman doesn't like it, she's clearly a femi-nazi who hates men.
I'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.
Take a look at this video:
I find it boorish and ungentlemanly.
I'm certainly no stranger to complimenting women in public, but cat-calling is extremely lame.
I agree, no true gentleman would ever engage in cat calling. The sad part is that the art of being a real man is slowly going away- its been replaced by anything goes which means that any behavior ought to be tolerated because it might offend the perpetrators.
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