[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Men get a bit cocky when they are with their mates , they may think it's harmless banter but not every woman likes that sort of attention , sometimes it can be flattering but a lot of them go too far, and can make you feel very uneasy.

That'a how i see it , it's obvious they're acting silly with their mates as a laugh. And it's easily ignored .

If it ever goes beyond that with more vulgar comments and remarks then it's obviously harassment.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

That'a how i see it , it's obvious they're acting silly with their mates as a laugh. And it's easily ignored .

If it ever goes beyond that with more vulgar comments and remarks then it's obviously harassment.

Exactly

[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

That'a how i see it , it's obvious they're acting silly with their mates as a laugh. And it's easily ignored .

If it ever goes beyond that with more vulgar comments and remarks then it's obviously harassment.

Which is what the article is touching on and what we are discussing.

[Oliver_W]

What do those guys even think will happen? Do they think women going from Points A to B are just waiting for the right words to be yelled in their direction? They're walking down the street, not sitting on the pinball machine.

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

What do those guys even think will happen? Do they think women going from Points A to B are just waiting for the right words to be yelled in their direction? They're walking down the street, not sitting on the pinball machine.

"Cracking arse luv"

"Thanks Dave, let me suck you off behind the cement mixer"

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Jack_

"Cracking arse luv"

"Thanks Dave, let me suck you off behind the cement mixer"

Well, exactly.
"Hi, can I buy you a drink?" whilst in the pub is pretty different to "get 'em out, luv!" yelled from a Fiat.

[JerseyWins]

I'm not necessarily sure if this is an issue but it's not something that only happens to girls btw. Believe it or not it's happened to me a couple times. Because it's something that's rare though it catches me by surprise and to me personally it's more of a strange feeling, or at least kinda flattering, but not so much uncomfortable or offensive. Although I've not had anything weird or disgusting said to me.

Once it was with two of my friends basically "cat calling" all of us - so I'd say it's not always a person alone that it happens to. But for me every time it's been multiple girls and always while they were inside a car though (or a minivan one time lmao).

I think people mostly just do it for the thrill or if they're really drunk or really bored. Which I'm not saying is an excuse but people will view this differently... some might like it, some might hate it, some might not care either way. It depends on the context and what's said though of course because there's a lot of situations where it could be uncomfortable for sure.

[Vicky.]

One of my rules was that I would not put any events in my book that had not already happened in what James Joyce called the 'nightmare' of history, nor any technology not already available. No imaginary gizmos, no imaginary laws, no imaginary atrocities. God is in the details, they say. So is the devil.

Not typing out the whole introduction...but that part is the most relevant. Have the book infront of me

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

One of my rules was that I would not put any events in my book that had not already happened in what James Joyce called the 'nightmare' of history, nor any technology not already available. No imaginary gizmos, no imaginary laws, no imaginary atrocities. God is in the details, they say. So is the devil.

Not typing out the whole introduction...but that part is the most relevant. Have the book infront of me

Are you watching the show or just reading the book? I've not read the book but I've heard people say that Season 2 has broken away from the book

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Are you watching the show or just reading the book? I've not read the book but I've heard people say that Season 2 has broken away from the book

Season 2 had to break away from the book, as the ending of S1 was the ending of the book...so they had to just go their own way after that, apparently Atwood is helping with the storyline though, as she imagined happened next but didn't write.

I watch the series and also read the book. Got the book about halfway through the series.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Season 2 had to break away from the book, as the ending of S1 was the ending of the book...so they had to just go their own way after that, apparently Atwood is helping with the storyline though, as she imagined happened next but didn't write.

I watch the series and also read the book. Got the book about halfway through the series.

Oh I'm glad she's got some input into it, it's a brilliant series, the characters are so creepy and the actors play them all so well I think

[bots]

The one positive side of cat calling is that you can identify an individual or group that are harassing. If they are silent, it doesn't change their thoughts.