Women - how often do you experience catcalls?

[Max_S]

@thorny_locust

Do you really think that’s what wolf whistles and catcalls are about?

I think it can be, though obviously I would not claim that all or even most wolf-whistles (let alone most catcalls) are anything but sexual in nature. But if we’re talking about whistling at a little girl, I would err on assuming the caller has an outdated sense of social norms as opposed to assuming the caller is literally a pedophile.

@thorny_locust

Plus which, a sunset doesn’t care how or if you react to it; nor does it worry about what you might do next; nor can it even be distracted from going about its business by anything you say or do about it. A sunset is not impinged on in any way by your behavior. Humans are impinged upon by human behavior, and you have no right to do so in this particular fashion.

I approve of your observations on the differences between a human being and a sunset. I also do not claim the right (or overriding desire) to act upon any urges to take or share pictures of random women on the street because I think they are beautiful.

@thorny_locust

Psst – ‘complimented’. ‘Complemented’ is also a word, but it’s not the same word.

Yikes, thank you.

~Max