# Women - how often do you experience catcalls? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-experience-catcalls/916937 "2020-07-31T20:17:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 319
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-experience-catcalls/916937/319 "2020-08-24T21:22:00Z")
> [@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 But if we’re talking about whistling at a little girl, I would err on assuming the caller has an outdated sense of social norms as opposed to assuming the caller is literally a pedophile.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 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-experience-catcalls/916937)._