I find it interesting that women are pissed off that men find them attractive. When people come up to my car and say.. "hey man, nice car". I don't assume they are a car thief and call the police.
Not especially, because I'm not trying to minimize the thing.
I was simply pointing out that it's generally worse to get that kind of thing from gay men than it is women. Personally, I've experienced both.
You're assuming the sexual orientation of the target of the pestering is the point. You have no business assuming what is "best," "worst, or "mildly amusing" for her/him.
Again... I was speaking from my personal experiences.
"Sexual harassment" from a female really hasn't struck me as being a particularly big deal (most of the male posters in this thread seem to agree). Sexual harassment from a gay male is a different story entirely.
No offense, man, but you're reading too much into my original comment. I wasn't trying to downplay or justify catcalling. I've already stated that I am quite against it.
Jus' sayin'. :lol:
If that is the case, then why did NYC place numerous signs all over (such as the one below). Are you still going to insist it's feminist rage?
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Well...you're kind of missing the point, doncha think?
Say what you will. We both know that ****'s not limited to men, however hotly you fan the fembot flames.Did you notice that most of the catcallers were men? Just sayin.
Well, to be fair, New Yorkers are something of a special breed of asshole to begin with. :lol:
What is a major problem in NYC is not necessarily a major problem for the rest of the country.
Secondly, even the presence of signs doesn't necessarily indicate that the problem is severe in and of itself. This is a democracy, and a rather spazzy one at that. Even the mere perception of a problem can be enough to sometimes result in bureaucratic overreaction, as the powers that be scramble to appease the masses.
That's not to say that NYC, or other areas of the country, might not legitimately have a problem, of course. I'm simply saying that the circumstantial evidence we have available at the moment really isn't enough to definitely indicate that this is the case, at least not to the "societal" extent that the Feminist Left likes to claim.
Catcalling is virtually non-existent in most of the Southern cities I've either lived in or visited, for example.
In Charleston, the most I've ever seen were a few incidents of drunken frat boys shouting things at people out of moving cars while driving through the College of Charleston campus downtown. Frankly, even then, they were just as likely to shout at men as women, and their comments weren't usually sexual in nature.
I find it hard to believe that the reason you were grossed out wasn't because it was a man.
Of course. The powers that be are predominantly spineless manginas who believe that magic words like 'sexist' will kill them on the spot. Hence the 'sexist' sign.If that is the case, then why did NYC place numerous signs all over (such as the one below). Are you still going to insist it's feminist rage?
Say what you will. We both know that ****'s not limited to men, however hotly you fan the fembot flames.
Nor do men, for the most part.Some women do it, sure. For the most part? Absolutely not.
Nor do men, for the most part.
"You do it more than we do"?Not compared to women.
As a lesbian, it makes me feel very gross. It makes me fear their reaction to me not being happy about, and it just makes me feel uncomfortable overall.
Yeah, you can't walk through places like NYC without people making you feel uncomfortable. You don't have to be female, just need to be walking about and you'll get barraged with a medley of people coming up and requesting stuff or following me about requesting I donate to some BS scam. Big cities suck.
The intended invasion of another person's private space is always a bad thing, but when the assailant (however you want to label him) makes it about the person (the object of the harassment), it becomes that much worse. Add to the harassment a form of sexualization and it graduates to full blown creepdom.
Is it about that specific individual or would any individual have worked, they just need to be there at that point in time? It's likely the latter, people are assholes and would go after nary anyone. Is one form of harassment innately worse or better than another if the physiological responses are the same?
I didn't really follow that except insofar as I would say that sexualized harassment is generally worse than, say, people invading my private space every time I leave the supermarket to donate to one cause or another.
Yeah, but those guys are standing by the side of the store and you can walk away. Ever have one follow you for half a city block?
"You do it more than we do"?
Seriously?
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