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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:10 PM Original message |
How common is catcalling? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not anymore because I'm old |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
86. Same here. There are advantages to being older. :-) nt |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #86 |
183. I don't know about that - I've been called 'old bitch' a number of times |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not so often now since my cat died |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. ... |
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blondie58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 06:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
168. LOL! |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Cry me a river. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I had an "invisibility" side of my closet with baggy, nondescript clothes. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. LOL |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. It also has felt a little gentler to me but then, we're from those parts. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Maybe more harmless? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. It feels like hit and run stalking. My mom used to gripe at the way |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
214. I lived in Q-Roo for about eighteen months... |
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la la (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
62. my husband and I just went |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
78. Yes, that's very true. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #78 |
108. 16th Street.... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #108 |
123. Well, 16th street is a main drag, in a lot of ways. Way too many people, for starters. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:49 AM Response to Reply #123 |
155. I would like to add the fact that I was a struggling college student. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #108 |
152. The time I went to Mexico I realized that after a few days I was staring at my feet |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:27 AM Response to Reply #152 |
154. But, why do they have to leer at you? |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
100. Mexico |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #100 |
116. Yikes, Lee. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Oddly |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #100 |
125. If someone did that to me, he'd get a bloody nose |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #100 |
130. That happened in NYC to my traveling companion. (frottage) |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #130 |
236. "I didn't say anything, but I should have." |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
179. try going to jamaica as a single woman! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. So, How big is Morrow Georgia? |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Atlanta. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Around 4800 people in the year 2000. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Look at a map why don't you. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. Exactly |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. "where there isn't an overabundance of idiots." |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. It's not always about you and your experiences. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. UM |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. 'scuse me, but... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. I would not heckle a woman either |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
83. I see a difference. |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #83 |
115. I take your point, but... |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #115 |
227. I agree. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #227 |
228. So where do you think that comes from? |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #228 |
231. Well...I don't know if... |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #231 |
232. I really appreciate the response. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #232 |
235. Thanks, Rosemary - |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:45 AM Response to Reply #83 |
164. oh, well if you |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
120. Sounds like burqa time to me... eom |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #53 |
200. I am offended by you post. |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
126. My Mother , sister, sister-in-law, |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
138. Well, I can see your point of view, sort of. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #138 |
213. it's a bitter POV, we have to take the bad with the good, because she's jealous of the good.... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
187. you can't be serious "carry herself differently" |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #187 |
198. Look |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #198 |
203. so if she looks too pretty maybe she can fuck up her face. Would that be owning up to |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #203 |
209. Hey knock yourself out. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #209 |
212. blame the vic and pass the broadbrush, LOL. Sorry you are so desperate for attention that you |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #212 |
216. What's up with the personal attacks? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #216 |
217. responding to your assertion a woman's looks are to blame is not an attack, if it makes you |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #217 |
219. That isn't even remotely close to what I said and you know it. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #219 |
221. You have three or four people telling you you're blaming the victim- Wake up and Own it. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
244. even if she is wearing nothing , she shouldn't have to deal with this |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. When I was a young teen, it used to embarrass me terribly |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. When I lived in NY, it was a serious problem. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Vulnerable, that's right. That's why I got a big dog and put her |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. As a man I was catcalled by men who were cruising |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. That happened to both my sons, too. n/t |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Also, is about my dad’s age. Gross...." |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. To a young woman, it can be gross to have an old man see you that way. nt |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Right, exactly. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I think old men are fine as sexual creatures, with old women. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Some people are fine with men being sexual creatures, but only with women. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
178. Not telling others how to feel |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
99. You've never googled for the word "MILF" apparently... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #99 |
177. I said "old." |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I think it's the idea that the man is her father's age that disgusts her. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. It's a big old boundary violation that comes out of nowhere. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. My daughter is heading toward 12 and she wants to be independent. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Practice -- have her practice with someone so she won't be |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Oy! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I know! But, she'll be fine, especially if you give her some tools |
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blondie58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 06:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
169. yeah and have her travel with a friend |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #169 |
190. yes, that she knows what to do - my mother's solution: |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
229. better start practicing *now*. First time it happened to me, I was 11. n/t |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. More despised than older female sexuality? |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Especially. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. We might be living on different planets. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
91. We must be living on different planets than LoZoccolo . |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Acutally, that depends on how young the object of affection is. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Same deal. |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. And women will find young men attractive for the rest of their lives. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. Well, I don't mind it. |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #68 |
111. Not admiring. Leering/catcalling. One isn't gross...one is. n/t |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Finding young women attractive and catcalling |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
71. Sure, that's why I separated the one thing from the other. n/t |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
74. Sherlock! |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
92. Men can find women in their twenties attractive.... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
93. Social taboo, my ass. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
188. And women will find men in their twenties attractive forever |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
192. you'll understand the "social taboo" part when it's your own daughter and not a moment sooner. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Exactly. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. Like someone who can name all four Beatles? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Or remembers Reaganomics? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. Pong! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I'm a Dig-Dug guy myself. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
150. John, Paul, George, Ringo, Stu and Pete |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #150 |
151. LOL! |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
146. it's male aggressiveness and harassment that is despised. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
185. That's right - straight men are the real victims here |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #185 |
197. Well played, Gollygee |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #197 |
205. Thanks . . .but I've seen incredibly obvious sarcasm missed so many times |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, not being female, I've never been catcalled. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. When I was young and fabulous |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. That's interesting. I used to pretend I WAS pregnant as a last resort. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. Mating rituals are confusing to many, many modern men. |
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Sweet Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. The last time it happened |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. My wife called me this morning to tell me three guys followed her to the pool in our |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. That must be infuriating. |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. The bad thing is |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 02:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
156. Yep. My hubby has to take my word for it too |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Ugh. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. The first and last time I cocktailed, some guy managed to |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:14 AM Response to Reply #40 |
158. To be honest |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. It's common. And the REALLY nice part... |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. So wait... |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. All the freakin' time. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. And worse, violating yours with impunity. n/t |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
159. It's a violation, plain and simple... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. this is my neighborhood she is mostly talking about |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #52 |
67. I gotta agree with you |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
96. Isn't there some way to educate these guys? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #96 |
107. Yes, probably. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. I've heard about that happening |
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EarlG ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
80. It happens in Mount Pleasant for sure |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #80 |
132. hold it, hold it... |
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EarlG ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #132 |
220. Oh, it exists all right |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. I"ve lived in many parts of the country, only witnessed this in NYC. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. You never know which they are and there's no time to figure it out. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. right, I agree that's the problem. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. Exactly |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. It seems to me, anyway, that there's a degree of aggression |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
145. I once got so pissed off I called the guy's company. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
57. when i was a younger gal i would sometimes get a catcall, now that i'm closing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. I'm 50 and know what you mean. But, I don't miss THAT kind of |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
73. Yep--miss those occasional catcalls, myself. A little picker-upper |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
60. A very few times when I was younger/thinner |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
64. When I was younger it happened a lot |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. Ha! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
75. all the time, but if everything went silent |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
81. Frequently, when I was younger. I hated it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. "Catcalls have nothing to do with flirtiing." |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. NOW you tell me.... |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #81 |
139. Exactly how I felt. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
84. I was amazed one day with a colleague |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
87. Who cares? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #87 |
103. Not slighted...threatened. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #87 |
109. It's all of a piece. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #87 |
112. Well, what about a little over half of the citizens of this country care? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #87 |
131. I don't agree with the substance of your post, but I do think the "Carrie Bradshaw" IS spot on |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #87 |
135. Young man, if you stick around DU for a while, you will |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #87 |
181. Since we are on the subject, who cares what you think? |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #87 |
191. Do you have to be dismissive? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
88. Can I ask a serious question to the DU ladies? |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. Looking is one thing |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #88 |
97. What should you do when you see a woman looking all.... |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. I do keep my mouth shut...unless it's my bride.. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #88 |
104. What kind of anti-masculine crap is that, dude? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. No...for me it's the whole package... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #88 |
106. Looking and catcalls are different. Catcalls demand that you engage |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:46 AM Response to Reply #106 |
165. Hell, even if someone *does* say something... |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #88 |
133. You are supposed to act like a member of civilized society and keep your mouth shut |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 07:06 AM Response to Reply #88 |
170. When I was very young (like walking home from 9th grade) it scared me |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #88 |
193. Why do men think they need to say something? |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #88 |
194. flashing our boobies - we should hide them so you won't be rude? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #194 |
242. I'm not American... |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #88 |
204. Since you did ask, I'll give you the unabashed truth. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #204 |
206. "SMILE!" |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #206 |
230. "rush of fury"... oh, yes. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #206 |
240. I am not required to conform my face to please you ... YOU smile ... |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #240 |
241. I used to say, "I don't smile on command." |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #204 |
215. My wife has complained more times than I can count about the 'smile' one. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #204 |
224. OMG! I *hate* the "smile!" one... ugh |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #88 |
210. There's a difference between looking and leering. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #88 |
211. My 2 cents. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #211 |
225. If the person is a stranger on the street |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
89. I always assumed that one big enabler of it - in the jackass' mind - was that he felt... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #89 |
102. "jackassing out" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. :) I like to make up words sometimes. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #105 |
113. You're right about consequences. Exactly right. n/t |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
94. Other than being propositioned on years rare occasion by stumblingly drunken women, |
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maxrandb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
101. Guys Still Do That??? |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #101 |
119. Amazing, isn't it? |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
117. K&R. n/t |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
121. When I was in HS we took a trip to NYC a man in his 40s came up and.. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:18 AM Response to Reply #121 |
160. Urban anonymity definitely facitlitates rude behavior |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
122. As a guy, I've always been far too shy to ever attempt cat-calling... |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #122 |
144. If you ever get over your shyness... |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:28 AM Response to Reply #144 |
162. The best mark of confidence when flirting is actually teasing a girl |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #144 |
175. Trust me - I would NEVER engage in cat-calling! It's something |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
124. Y'know, I'm an admitted letch, but it would never occur to me to yell out to a woman... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
127. I'm a man, so I can't say for sure, but I really get the sense that this is an East Coast phenomenon |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. I think you've got something here |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #127 |
136. It happens here, n/t |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #127 |
148. I grew up in MA and have live in CA for the past 15 years. It's the same. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #127 |
184. it happens wherever there's lots of street traffic |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #127 |
186. I'm from Michigan, and when I was younger I got this all the time |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #127 |
189. Maybe a big city thing. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
128. I used to get it all the time - but I am middle aged now, and no longer considered eye candy. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
129. Jaysus, she's written at least 2 articles about this...good to see that... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #129 |
137. Two aren't enough. I hope she keeps writing until more young girls |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. Actually, her articles seem to be more about HER... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Except for the times when you are completely clueless. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. We shall see... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 07:14 AM Response to Reply #129 |
171. Nature and marketing niches abhor a vaccuum. |
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Vektor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
142. Extremely common. Daily occurrence, and TOTALLY offensive and unwanted. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
147. What the writer is talking about is a come on or a wolf whistle. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #147 |
153. It's heckling and that's what that kind of harassment feels like |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 04:02 AM Response to Reply #153 |
166. You said it. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 08:28 AM Response to Reply #153 |
172. It's an idiotic practice, but it does make it easy for women to know which... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #172 |
218. It feels like a catcall when you're on the receiving end. |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
149. Duh! Cat's don't come when you call them, they just ignore you most of the time. I'm so sure. |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #149 |
207. Yes, "youth is fleeting," and my youth was made less... |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
157. I just wonder what the hell the guys who do things like that |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
161. At age 60 it still happens to me, but only on my bike |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
163. Interesting thread... |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
167. Guys used to yell things out windows at my ex-girlfriend constantly, |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
173. Used to get them constantly |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
174. I have witnessed it a LOT to my female friends and occasionally been on the receiving end myself |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
176. I got a marriage proposal in the Dominican. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #176 |
199. I'm old - a young man from Guatamala wanted to be my 'boy' |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #199 |
233. That's awesome. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
180. very common, even at my age and it doesn't matter what you wear, it's fucking random |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
182. Never seen it until I moved to NYC |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
195. I've never done it, and I don't think anyone's done it to me (other than jokingly). |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
196. Hey, baby, why don't you come over here and ask me that!!!!! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
201. Not Sure How It Is In The Suburbs, But In Any Populated City Area It's Probably Quite Frequent. |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
202. I personally would feel a little good to be cat-called- |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
208. Extremely common |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
222. A lot of catcalls when I was under 35 |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
223. YES. And it really freaked me out as a teenager, when much older men would do it |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
226. You must live in "weirdville". |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
234. I never catcall. It's impolite. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #234 |
237. I have no problem with men ogling. It's in their nature. :) |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 05:14 PM Original message |
Exactly. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #237 |
238. Exactly. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #237 |
243. Obviously "he" should be "we" n/t |
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239. I guess I'm a perp. |
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