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02-07-2018, 11:16 AM | #1 | ||
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43718034
Found this interesting. It’s good to see women using their initiative to shame the idiots who behave like this - nearly always from the safety of a car or a group. Anonymous, cowardly sexism! |
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02-07-2018, 11:28 AM | #2 | |||
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Good for them. When I was younger, I used to walk quite a bit - but I always avoided construction sites or pubs where you're likely to have men outside, talking as though I'm open for business. It isn't attractive and I've always said cat calling should be taken more seriously, and I'll continue pushing for that.
But I suppose we as women could quite easily prevent this from happening by just not leaving our houses, or something along those lines. Last edited by Ashley.; 02-07-2018 at 11:29 AM. |
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02-07-2018, 11:33 AM | #3 | |||
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02-07-2018, 11:36 AM | #4 | |||
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The creepy thing about cat calling is, in my experience anyway, the vast majority of times it ever happened to me was when I was a teenager on my way to or from school (wearing a school uniform) it's very intimidating when you're that young
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02-07-2018, 11:37 AM | #5 | ||
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02-07-2018, 11:38 AM | #6 | |||
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those are all photoshopped?
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02-07-2018, 12:43 PM | #7 | |||
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Flicking through some more of these images and the things that have been said to women, some half as young as me, are inexplicably offensive. It just beats me as to why men feel the need to do it, and think they're doing us a favour. It causes women to grow up believing that they're nothing more than a sex object, and then guess what? The men don't want them anymore.
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02-07-2018, 01:18 PM | #8 | ||
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02-07-2018, 01:20 PM | #9 | |||
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i doubt this is an issue anymore in the uk, on building sites anyway..
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02-07-2018, 01:21 PM | #10 | |||
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02-07-2018, 01:24 PM | #11 | |||
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tbf LT you're a man, I doubt you would be the actual target of the cat callers, that's a bit like saying as a white person that black people never experience racism cos you've not seen it happen
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02-07-2018, 01:31 PM | #12 | |||
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02-07-2018, 01:52 PM | #13 | |||
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02-07-2018, 02:58 PM | #14 | |||
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But I still think other men who cat call these young girls assume they're older (the ones without school uniform). Some of these cat call phrases are weird and silly , and alot of the time they're just showing off in front of their mates and they have no intention on acting on it. You can easily ignore them and walk past . Obviously if they continue shouting stupid things then it's harassment. I thought it was mostly wolf whistling they did without dialogue . Last edited by GoldHeart; 02-07-2018 at 02:59 PM. |
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02-07-2018, 03:21 PM | #15 | |||
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02-07-2018, 04:02 PM | #16 | |||
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It is so passe. It reminds me of countless times when I 'worked the doors' and witnessed gangs of young lads enter the club sober and all shy and timid - even blushing when spoken to - and by the early hours I was ejecting them for acting like the bastard offspring of Rambo and Rocky; wanting to fight anyone and everyone for no reason, and after complaints from girls about these dicks hassling them and walking up to them with 'chat-up' lines such as; "You've got lovely teeth they'd look even better around my knob" or even worse.
It all makes them look more stupid than they really are and I personally have never witnessed any time when wolf-whistling or 'cat-calling' has ever been appreciated by a woman - let alone a schoolgirl.
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02-07-2018, 04:06 PM | #17 | ||
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02-07-2018, 04:17 PM | #18 | |||
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I didn't think cat calling was that frequent in the UK . Like I said I know the wolf whistling happens sometimes . I would say it's more intimidating and disrespectful if they continue to shout at these women ,or if they actually approach them and follow them then it's harassment. Last edited by GoldHeart; 02-07-2018 at 04:18 PM. |
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02-07-2018, 04:23 PM | #19 | ||
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People shout and swear in front of kids , people would say that shouldn't be allowed but it still happens . |
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02-07-2018, 04:29 PM | #21 | |||
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02-07-2018, 04:43 PM | #23 | ||
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Maybe - but morons that do it during work time could lose their jobs as its offensive sexist behaviour. Would you treat it as lightly if people were shouting racist remarks and claimed they were just having a bit of fun! This is half the battle as some don’t seem to find one as offensive as the other and it is.
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02-07-2018, 04:49 PM | #24 | |||
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I never said it was okay but it still happens . Builders get away with it because they're freely outside , they should be focused on working but they obviously laze around , and when they do have a break that's obviously when they act silly ( not all construction workers obviously) . Last edited by GoldHeart; 02-07-2018 at 04:51 PM. |
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02-07-2018, 05:16 PM | #25 | |||
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I'll probably get sneered at for this but I actually don't mind cat calling. It could be because I was chubby when I was in my early teens and no boys paid me any attention but so long as it's not gross I don't mind and I take it as a bit of a compliment.
I've only ever had whistling and them saying hello sexy/babe etc if I got told some of the things in that article I wouldn't like it to be fair.
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