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NYC Women Fight Back Against Cat Calls & Whistles

NEW YORK — Whistles, catcalls and lewd come-ons from strangers are all too familiar to New York City women, who say they are harassed multiple times a day as they walk down the street. Now lawmakers are examining whether to do something to discourage it.

A City Council committee heard testimony Thursday from women who said men regularly follow them, yell at them and make them feel unsafe and uncomfortable. Advocates told stories of preteens and teenagers being hounded by adult men outside city schools and pleaded for government to address the problem.

“This is not our way of not being able to take a compliment,” said Nefertiti Martin, who testified at the hearing. “This is an issue of safety.”

Street harassment of women is as old as cities themselves and is common around the world, but the pushback against it is a more recent movement. Volunteer activists in Cairo are planning to launch a website, Harrasmap, where women can instantly report cases of leering, groping and other sexual threats.

Soon, the group Hollaback, an organization formed five years ago to stand up to street harassment, will release a smart phone app allowing women everywhere to do the same.

Hollaback told councilmembers that women have left jobs, broken leases and skipped school all just to avoid incessant unwelcome advances from strange men they pass on their commutes.

Holly Kearl, author of “Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women,” said she informally surveyed more than 800 women from 23 countries and 43 states, and 99 percent of them had been harassed by strangers.

“Because of street harassment, from a young age women learn that public spaces are male territory,” Kearl said. “They learn to limit the places they go, they try not to be in public alone _ especially at night _ and when they are alone, they stay on guard.”

Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras, chair of the women’s issues committee that held the hearing Thursday, recalled learning as a young teen how to “speedwalk” to dodge certain men, and which corner stores she should always avoid.

“This harassment limits the rights and freedoms of women and girls to enjoy a simple walk outside,” she said.

The Associated Press heard similar stories from New York City women.

Kat Pope, 28, of Manhattan, said she quit going to her gym in the mornings because she was harassed so badly on her way there and back. Men at a construction site would whistle, stare and yell at her as she passed, every single day.

She still gets harassed in other locations, but it happens maybe once a week instead of daily.

“It feels disgusting,” she said. “In the moment, I feel helpless and I never know what to do to make it stop.”

Carrie Goodman, 27, a student who lives in Manhattan, said she hears a whistle or comment “once or twice a day.”

“It bothers me, but I just keep walking,” she said. Goodman is skeptical that lawmakers can do anything about it, though.

“You can‘t really control what comes out of people’s mouths,” she said.

Hollaback is pushing the city to commission a study, a public awareness campaign and perhaps even legislation, including “no-harassment zones” around schools to protect young women.

“Too commonly, street harassment is believed to be the price women pay for living in New York City,” said its executive director, Emily May. “But we’re not buying it.”

Councilmembers said they are open to many of the ideas, but said they are in the early stages of exploring just what can be done. If there were to be legislation, a key issue would be enforcement, since the concept of no-harassment zones could encroach on First Amendment rights.

New York men who told the AP they have called out strange women on the street said they were doing it just to be friendly and seemed genuinely surprised that any attention can be unwelcome.

“We say hello, that’s all, nothing derogatory,” said Tony Alibrandi, 54, a construction worker taking a lunch break with several of his fellow workers. “We see a friendly face, we say hello.”

Terrence Beam, 41, said he had no problem with lawmakers investigating “whistling and howling and that sort of thing.”

“Yeah, because that would be harassment,” he said.

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  • uneedmorekoolaid
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 7:52pm

    the girl with the short hair in the picture in this blog before you play the video NO ONE IS WHISTLING AT YOU!!! It is the attractive chick walking behind you get over it!!!

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 7:49pm

    As one who has been around for a longer time than some, it does not matter how you dress or what you look like, there are always bullies looking for a victim. Some women do dress too provocatively and need to be taught self respect. That being said, there is still no honor in blaming others for harassing someone by following them, while making lewd comments, or by confronting little girls coming out of schools. This is a TERRIFYING experience. Did you read the complaints? When I was young, we had to dress in conservative business suits & wore gym shoes & white socks when walking back & forth to the office & yet we were frightened because of group mentality that would excuse behavior that most of the gentlemen I know would NEVER do on their own. My friends & I took matters into our own hands by learning Karate and carrying fountain pens which we dispensed on some of the more REPULSIVE offenders (a good alternative to a fountain pen may be pepper spray). We don’t need government intervention (perhaps police if there is a safety threat). We need to learn to ignore or turn & scream in their face like a completely insane lunatic with a crazed expression & let the guy know you know his mother, wife, sister or daughter & where he lives. It also helps to talk insanely to yourself while walking in a weird way.

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    • Agentuntomyself
      Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:24am

      Hilarious! I think I would have the courage to do that now, but probably not as a young teenager or twenty-something.

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  • NE12012
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 7:22pm

    Sgt. Hulka sums it up best, “Lighten up Francis.”

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  • teahugger
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 7:06pm

    I figure the guys are just giving the ladies a low-brow compliment…like burping after a good meal. Some people don’t know how to show respect, but legislating good manners is a bad idea. If the ladies feel threatened, there is always concealed carry (but maybe not in liberal NY?)

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  • OBAMAWORSHIOER
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:59pm

    Remember how Muslims think about women. Ponder on what this means.

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    • heavyduty
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 8:30pm

      I don‘t give a rat’s butt about Muslims and what they think. Besides it real tough to think when you don’t have a brain.

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  • broker0101
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:59pm

    More of the hard-hitting investigative journalism we’ve come to expect from The Blaze. Impressive!

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  • robert5635
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:54pm

    I totally understand how women feel, have always tried to be a good example for other men, I don‘t do all the crazy things they do trying to get some woman’s attention (is what this is all about). Unfortunately, most women don’t respect men who do treat them with respect. As for for the why, is anyone’s guess, any speculation would be just that. Just wish there were women out there who wanted to have a family/grow old with, who had strong conservative beliefs out there. Haven’t found any yet who really was real. Give up trying to find anyone or ask any out anymore.

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    • rlmeals
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 8:43pm

      I‘ll tell you why women don’t respect men who give them respect…the feminist movement. “Don‘t hold the door for me because I’m a woman, that’s SEXIST…treat me equal…women can do anything a man can do, so we don’t need them…” It‘s crap like this that’s ruining our society. Feminists think they can make a baby without a father, think they can go climb the corporate ladder along with the men instead of raising the children, and have completely emasculated the men in our country. And before anyone yells at me, I‘m not saying women shouldn’t work or anything like that, I simply mean that the women in our society see staying at home to raise a family as stupid, worthless, as if doing that would keep them from having an identity and would be unfulfilling. I, on the other hand, believe that men and women were created by God to fulfill different roles. We can see this in the physical attributes and the emotional differences men and women have. Men: more muscular, provider, defender. Women: wider hips and more fat for birthing, caregiver, nurturer. Chivalry isn’t completely dead…yet…of course I live in Texas; I’d hate to see how I would be treated in NYC.

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    • eternal vigilance
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 9:02pm

      look to the feminist movement it was ment to empower women insted it toook away our common sense. look to the public schools and the teachings and the text books and lessons taught as young as 4-5 years of age.

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    • uneedmorekoolaid
      Posted on October 30, 2010 at 10:45am

      women want equality until they divorce then they want half of what the man makes and owns.

      they want equality until they have to work as hard.

      they want to equality but flirt and dress half naked and then get mad cause scummy men look at them or approach them in bars.

      EQUALITY goes both ways when you act or dress one way or the other you are going to attract good attention and negetive attention.

      like the scumbag website idea!

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    • Agentuntomyself
      Posted on October 31, 2010 at 12:15am

      @ukneedmorekoolaid:
      I agree with your remarks about how women dress, but have to take issue with the first two lines of your comment:
      “women want equality until they divorce then they want half of what the man makes and owns.
      they want equality until they have to work as hard.”

      As a stay-at-home mother of four for the last 15 years, I have given up a lot to do what I consider best for my family; two of those being my education and a career. This allowed my husband to get a Ph.D. and provide well for our family. Because of the suportive role I have played in his education and career, both he and I consider his paycheck to have been earned by both us of and to belong to both equally. I also work very hard in my PROFESSION as a mother and homemaker, even though I don’t get a paycheck. In fact, with four children, I usually put in about 12 hours a day, seven days a week. So to say that whatever money a husband earns is his alone and that women don’t work as hard as men is insulting. And if my husband were to leave me (he never would, he’s a gem) you bet I would take him for every cent I could get, especially after putting my education and earning potential on the back burner for the sake of his career and our family. And by the way, I have a deep and abiding hatred for the feminist movement, but your comments were a little out of line.

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  • Midwest Belle
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:53pm

    For free2bme1961

    There is no offense unless you take offense. LEARN TO IGNORE stuff you find offensive. IF YOU IGNORE, they generally quit doing what it is that offends you.

    IF EVERYONE learned to ignore crap they don’t like, things would be a whole lot better for the entire world, not just women.

    And I somewhat agree with whomever said women dress to attract attention. We do, we’ve done it since the beginning of time to initiate the mating ritual. Lets face it, we were wild things long before we were civilized beings. You can’t change genetics with a protest. YOU CAN discourage the harasser by IGNORING him/them.

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    • free2bme1961
      Posted on October 30, 2010 at 5:44pm

      @Belle; I find it interesting that many females here, are allowing blame towards females, as opposed to the males, not owning up to their “lack of control” for their actions.That would be like saying, going to the beach, wearing beach attire, a gal gets what she deserves. These distorted judgements about women, aren’t justified…they are unhealthy, learned behavior patterns of some men. It is also about a “guilt” trip, and to control, or shame a person.
      Ignoring something, doesn’t make it go away. I’ve learned to confront things “ head on” now that I’m older, and wiser. It really depends on what’s said, and where it is taking place, as to how it is dealt with.
      Something that is common sense, shouldn’t require a law. These kinds of harassments have been going on forever. My educated guess would be, that if a law is enacted, it just fits in, with what is in the works anyway. Thus meaning, if this is all of a sudden, a newsmaker, then something’s up!

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  • ALISSTER
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:53pm

    Does this dress make me look fat? No…Your face makes you look fat.

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  • koyettsu
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:45pm

    Only in liberalville does stuff like this happen, you get rid of morals and end up with craziness.

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  • bullcrapbuster
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:44pm

    Ya I know ,”if they don’t whistle at me the should not be allowed to whistle at the hot chicks.”

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  • Colonial Revolutionary
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:39pm

    Nice John Doe,
    I had to scroll down 1/2 a page just to skip your insignificant post on the topic. Stop posting the same thing blindly and stay on topic. Dumb Dumb Dumb

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  • OBAMAWORSHIOER
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:38pm

    By now, you should KNOW that I’m actually a strong Glenn Beck supporter. I admit that I think the Blaze has become a tabliod rather than a plavce to come to dialogue ways that we can regain our Constitutional Republic. How do yu feel about the directions that the Blaze is taking.

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    • ozz
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 9:27pm

      The purpose to THEBLAZE is to insure the whole truth gets out on whatever stories are out there. It is also to insure some stories unfavorable to the progressive agenda do not go untold. The left lies allot. The truth is the antidote. The story above is important due to the reaction of law makers who are “looking into it”. They may use it as an excuse to attack free speech once again.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:23pm

      Obamaworshioer, my level of antacid has gone down dramatically since you had “true confession”. I can honestly say I read with trepidation your comments and spun in my chair trying to figure out what to do about them. I kept thinking “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” and waking up in the middle of the night worried I was missing something. My son is an instructor with the Appleseed Project and I thought about calling him to see if I was missing news somewhere, and then the police quit in Los Ramones , and I was sure we were going to be under attack on 11/3. I am usually not an alarmist but you really did a great job of playing devil’s advocate. Kudos and God bless.

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    • royalstar
      Posted on October 30, 2010 at 1:51am

      Typical progressive lol! Feelings,feelings,feelings. Sheeple don’t think. They just feel I guess?

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:30pm

    this is insanity at its worst.. NO they should NOT do this to young under age girls and im willing to bet it rarely happens.. HOWEVER.. passing a alw restricting free speech is wrong on SO many levels.. frankly I will never understand why women even bother to worry about cat calls.. maybe because I live in MI its not such a big issue.. we need to stop the progressives from passing ANY law that takes away from our freedoms God Granted us

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    • Hmschlmom
      Posted on October 30, 2010 at 10:48am

      Unfortunately, it happens to under age girls ALL THE TIME!

      I have a 14 year old,( blonde/blue eyes) who dresses UBER modestly…swim dresses, nothing too tight/low cut/short… very modest girl, but she is built curvy. It is biology…nothing she can do.

      I have had to chase more scumbags away from her in public! It frightens her, and just creeps her out! She wants to be left ALONE…she is not interested in being drooled on by losers! She is at the point where she automatically stays WITH US in public…too many bad experiences with adult men.

      People are not raising their sons to respect women…and it SHOWS!

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  • America First
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:20pm

    Maybe the women who are being harassed could take a picture with their phones of these male pigs then put them on a website designed to show who the harassers are. Don‘t know if this would help but it’s a thought.

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:31pm

      Hey I like this idea!!!

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    • Vie_En_Ras
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:42pm

      There ya go. I can’t see how any lawmaker could even hope of curbing that form of harassment though. One man’s kind “hello” could be a woman on a bad day’s “I want you right here right now”.

      But I like the photograph idea. That way if there’s a repeat offender there may be some hopes of getting something done about it. Maybe. Possibly.

      Otherwise, thick skin, people, thick skin.

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    • Agentuntomyself
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 11:47pm

      That’s a really great idea! I think these guys need to be shamed a little, maybe they will stop acting like such a bunch of pigs. I’m a little surprised at some of the comments here. While I agree that women shouldn’t dress immodestly (and a lot do just to get the kind of attention that they are complaining about), you can’t assume that the only women who are harrassed are the ones that look like hookers. Besides, men should have more decency and self control, regardless of how a woman is dressed. I also don’t think the solution is new laws prohibiting cat-calls. Oh, brother! That’s all we need is more laws. I think the solution is a nice little taser tucked into the purse. How far do those things shoot, anyway?

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  • Richlove1
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:19pm

    “You can‘t really control what comes out of people’s mouths,” she said. “But you can try,” said the leftist. “Just like with hate speech codes at universities. You can force people to believe the right thing, or at least to not express the incorrect thought. Free expression is only for those willing to use it properly.”

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  • SSGTUSMC
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:16pm

    Hhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeey honeeeeeeeeeeyy !!!! Lol

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  • ptofaim
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:11pm

    If you dress to get noticed , don’t cry about when you get noticed ! Take personal responcibility for you actions ! ACTIONS = REACTIONS

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  • HeavyMetalRooster
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:09pm

    Meeeeee-oow!! Hooooty Hooooot!! That one on the right is HOT!!

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  • Margaret Thatcher
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:09pm

    No way any of the women in that video were harassed – Uugly with a capital “U”. Just a pack of feminazi lezbos looking for a cause.

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  • ptofaim
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:08pm

    If you dress to get noticed ,

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  • Lori
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:05pm

    One of the best books for women on this subject is Back Off, How to Confront and Stop Sexual Harassment and Harassers by Martha Langelan. I quote from it a lot in self defense classes for women.
    http://www.amazon.com/Back-Off-Confront-Harassment-Harassers/dp/0671788566

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  • HouseNegro
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:05pm

    Is it the ugly ones…….

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:00pm

    dress moderately and maybe you wont be whistled at so much, or you can go liberal, become ugly (its a requirement) and nobody will bother you. the majority of women complaining are the same ones who wear revealing, provocative clothing, then throw a hissy fit when they get the attention they obviously desired when they purchased the clothes………..they dont buy clothes thinking hey this wont attract attention, they buy it thinking hey this will make me look hot etc. etc. you get what you ask for

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    • what4
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:17pm

      Simple,,,,To many RATS…. Not enough Cheese!

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    • free2bme1961
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:17pm

      @PSYCHOSIS…I find that statement totally offensive…it is the men that need to “CONTROL” their way of thinking! It does not matter how nicely a woman choses to dress….it is the primitive male attitude about women, that loses control. This would be due to the lack of having the real balls, to be a real repectful man. If a man cannot look at a female, without thinking lude and crude comments, it is time to do some soul searching into what is “possessing” the mind!

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    • OneRepublic4us
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:29pm

      Psychosis, what???? You won’t be happy until women dress in the sharia compliant garb? Can’t men just treat women with respect?

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:32pm

      @ free…………i was just stating the opposite side of the argument. it was not meant to offend. but if you look at the change in how women are dressing over the past years, and what it has become now, many ( not all ) women are dressing more provocatively than before. whether cat calls are appropriate or not, is not really the point, if you neglect to also discuss other parts of the equation. men will be men, some will be pigs, and others who have been taught to be respectful will be . mothers and fathers who teach their young men to be respectful will create respectful men……parents that dont perpetuate the problem in this aspect and many others. parents who teach their daughters to dress appropriately will also help. writing laws will not.

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    • titan
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:33pm

      i have to agree with you. a few years back a very pretty woman walked up and she had on a short skirt and a low cut blouse and her breasts well lets say they were getting a sun tan. a guy looked over and smiled while looking at her chest, she looked at him and called him a pervert. well i spoke up and said, look if you don‘t want the attension than don’t dress that way. she told me to f-off. now if she and on a longer skirt and a blouse that was not showing off her breasts would she have received the same out come. in my oppinion, i don’t think so. she would have got the looks but not the leering. i do love beautiful women though!

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:52pm

      at one repub..there you go going to the extreme……….typical. i for one dont disrespect anyone, but if your walking down the street with everything on display, im gunna look. if your walking down the street dressed without your yummies showing, and are pretty, im gunna look. if your walking down the street, and you are a person only your mother could love, im gunna look………….then wish i hadnt………but what i am trying to state is men look. it is in our makeup. women flaunt…. its in theirs ….it is the way homosapiens work. just be glad we arent dogs sniffin each others butts

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    • broker0101
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 7:02pm

      FREE2BEME, Is your avatar actually a picture of you? If so Wheeeeet Wheeew!!!!!!!!! Lighten up, Sweety.

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    • uneedmorekoolaid
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 7:51pm

      okay slow the video down and pause a few times, I wouldn’t whistle or cat call 99% of these women!! This would be like hillary clinton saying guys were saying her huge ankles were sexy! The guys wistleing were wistleing at other women and these ones are jealous so they want to make sure know one whistles!!!

      Next it will be illegal to look at a woman who is wearing a string for a bikini top.

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    • keaton
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 8:15pm

      Cleavage is like the sun, you’re not supposed to look directly at it.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 8:40pm

      Everyone has a relevant point on this one and boys will be boys. Problem is that as a woman you don’t know where the fun stops and the beatings begin. I was walking my dog one time and a man who was cat calling took it one step farther and tried to rape me. Now I am the sort of person that won’t stop fighting until the ******* is raping a corpse so I got away from the guy. The first thing the cops asked me is “what were you wearing”. I was so pissed, the assumption was that I must have been dressed like a sleaze. I had on long jeans and a long sleeved western shirt. Bottom line is that freedom of speach is great a, but you can’t blame these women for being afraid and concerned.

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    • ozz
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 8:47pm

      @free2bme1961 It is not uncommon for a woman to dress provocatively in order to attract the attention of men they like. When they get their attention they smile and are pleased. When the ugly guy after or before him responds the same way he is labeled a creep or a pervert.
      You can’t have it both ways.
      Dressing down does work.
      I have dated models that wear baggy cloths and a hat when they walk in the city. The attention suddenly stops.
      Or you could just blame it all on men and bitch about it.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 8:53pm

      @ untamable…………im glad your ok, but your second amendment would have been approved freedom of speech/freedom to protect yourself if there were more upstanding citizens packin heat, there would be fewer criminals on the street…

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 9:08pm

      Yeah, I had a knife but it is hard to get your hand in your pocket while you are getting you’re ass beat. I have a gun but don’t carry it with me when I walk the dog; I did get a more protective dog though.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 10:16pm

      Free2Bme1961, I‘m sorry I can’t completely agree with what you say. In the first place, no one said that all the comments were lewd. Secondly, thanks to Madonna and other “ho’s” the dress of the time is hardly modest and girls will be girls, just like men will be men. I am not sticking up for obscene behavior by men (I have a daughter and granddaughters) but even when my daughter was in high school I monitered her dress. Some of the girls I see out and about today could be on a corner “hooking”, so you cannot be so cavalier in your defense. It is a problem but every angle needs to be considered before another law is passed.

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    • free2bme1961
      Posted on October 30, 2010 at 4:32pm

      @Grandmaof5; I am sorry that we disagree. I can’t change the way I feel about disrespect for the way a person looks, due to proper dress, or if they are ugly or not. To blame women for their attire, (to me), is rediculous. I don’t know if you have a grandson too, but the other side of it, would be to teach him he shouldn’t be disrespectful of any female, regardless. My response had nothing to do with wanting to initiate a new law, believe me. I don’t call myself free for nothing!…lol
      @Psychosis & All: I appreciate your responses, and point of views. We have all experienced similar and yet different situations. It is about respect and judging people based on a certain look. Also about self control and common sense. @Kate, I am so sorry for what you went through too. :(
      I am a little sensitive to this particular topic because I am 3000 miles from home, and have been, for the last 5 months. I have been helping my daughter receive justice, from abuses on the (gov.) job. I decided to let the Lord be our attorney. So far, phase one has gone very well! Leaving things in his hands, is the only way to be certain, it will go in our/her best interest.
      Pondering how to get back home. Don’t want the new airport scanners, and traveling by bus, would take 3 days and many stops. I read online about a Greyhound bus from Canada, in 2008, a guy was murdered (decapitated) on the bus! Still need to pray about this one…lol…but concerned.
      Btw @ Broker0101; Yes, and I didn‘t know the avatar’s would show up…what is the trick to view them? Once in awhile I can see a few, but very rare…I suppose, it’s time to change it!

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  • MAULEMALL
    Posted on October 29, 2010 at 5:58pm

    Wow..Is it just conservative women who are women enough to handle the chauvenistic pigs.

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    • A1955Rosie
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:29pm

      No, what this is …another way to make America sHARIA COMPLIANT. You’re women are not safe to walk alone….”WE WANT PROTECTION.” This headline was so out of character for current events. As a woman I read this and heard the ALLEGED complaints. Most of these ALLEDGED COMPLAINTS” are just whishes of the PERFECT WORLD. They are not any more a danger than corssing the street. It’s not to dismiss but this is written as a warning of just where this will go.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:53pm

      Most of us who have been around teenagers and young adults have to hear language that we really don’t prefer to hear. When you ask that they please clean it up you get a smart remark or a finger. After all, it’s their “freedom of speech” right to say what they please no matter whom it offends. The women libers want to be treated equally until it turns on them. How are these girls/women dressed? I guess they would be shocked to know that the way you are dressed, probably in most instances, is a neon sign saying “here I am, notice me (oops, not you – just the young cute ones)”. Then they are offended. I think their study ought to be aimed at what women do to provoke the situation and then deal with the men. After all, they are men.

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    • Rogue
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 6:53pm

      I recommend a taser. You taze one of those construction workers, and I‘m guessing it’ll be pretty quiet the next time you walked by. Well, except for maybe a random “Don’t tase me, ho!” comment.

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    • FreedomOfSpeech
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 7:41pm

      If a resolution passes in NYC, it will be a very scary thing. Free speech is under attack in this country. The law would be anti-male on its face. I don‘t like when women nag me but it doesn’t mean there should be a law against it. NYC is communist, so it could pass. But it’s not right. Speech should be free.

      Obama is now burning books like the Nazis did.

      This comment does not necessarily reflect the views of Glenn Beck, The Blaze, theblaze.com, Fox News or anyone else for that matter. The FAT CLOWN ANCHOR at MSNBC can eat balls.

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    • A1955Rosie
      Posted on October 29, 2010 at 7:56pm

      What I was trying to say is this isn’t a legitimate complaint. It is again another level of making America sharia compliant in respect to a “womans fears.“ This is not the majority of women speaking but it is where NY ”powers” want to go. A mosque called cordoba in the shadows of the towers, stopping smoking in Central Park under the guise of “cleaner air?”
      Muslim extrememist have announced almost daily what the intentions are for America, the most peaceful is making us sharia compliant, the flip is kill the infidels.
      Pay attention to these articles, if they ring w/an off tune…my guess is there something in the works.

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    • bookhound63
      Posted on October 30, 2010 at 6:17am

      That’s right. Good grief, I am 47 and I have gotten cat calls all my life. I just ignored them. Its that easy. You don’t need to go running to “Mommy Government” to fix it for you. “Waaah, Mommy! Someone said bad words to me. Make him stop!” Get over yourself. Stand up and be a woman. I understand a woman needing to be protected from an abusive man who is bigger than her, but from a few words? American women need to grow some cajones.

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