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Cat Calling

What is your opinion on cat calling? DP women, top 4 /DP men, bottom 4 answers

  • I have never been cat called so I have no opinion

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  • Women are generally vain and they love the attention!

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I'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.

Take a look at this video:

 
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I think it's crass, but fairly harmless. Unless it's over the top, as can only be determined on a case by case basis.
 
Hey there, hot stuff!!! Nice pins!
 
I'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.

It depends on the call, if it's a whistle or along the lines of "hey baby, lookin' good today," no problem. If it's "hey baby come and sit on my face," then it's unacceptable, but what are you gonna do?
 
I'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.

Take a look at this video:

 
It depends on the call, if it's a whistle or along the lines of "hey baby, lookin' good today," no problem. If it's "hey baby come and sit on my face," then it's unacceptable, but what are you gonna do?

The only time I didn't mind was years ago when a woman turned around and yelled, "my boyfriend thinks you got nice legs!" after passing by them on the sidewalk. It did make me chuckle. Apart from that, even whistles embarrass me and make me feel uneasy.
 
I'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.

Take a look at this video:

None of the above. I am neither afraid of nor embarrassed by man-children. That would imply they either have some sort of power, or that their behavior should mean something to me about myself. Neither is true. I find them tiresome, like poorly trained toddlers.
 
it's a man thing.. we're hardwired to attract/cat call/shout out/ make ourselves known to women..

Tasteful cat calls only here..a single whistle is enough.
 
The only time I didn't mind was years ago when a woman turned around and yelled, "my boyfriend thinks you got nice legs!" after passing by them on the sidewalk. It did make me chuckle. Apart from that, even whistles embarrass me and make me feel uneasy.

I guess to me it's sort of a freedom of speech issue. The only people they are embarrassing are themselves, that's their right, imo. Now if one were to approach me or anything like that, it'd be an entirely different matter.
 
I guess to me it's sort of a freedom of speech issue. The only people they are embarrassing are themselves, that's their right, imo. Now if one were to approach me or anything like that, it'd be an entirely different matter.

Did you watch the video I posted? All I can say is I am glad not to be that girl. I would hate to go through that day after day.
 
I find it boorish and ungentlemanly.

I'm certainly no stranger to complimenting women in public, but cat-calling is extremely lame.
 
I'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.

Take a look at this video:



It's generally low class, immature, and ungentlemanly behavior. Men who engage in it are pigs.

That being said, however, I do not buy into the new feminist spiel regarding its supposed role in "projecting male power," or "dominating" women. It's undoubtedly rude and socially undesirable, but it's also generally harmless so long as it does not become aggressive.
 
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I'm interested to see if the men and women of DP are on par with each other or polar opposites on the subject of women being cat called. Please answer thoughtfully and honestly to the closest answer to your personal opinion. Feel free to chime in after you've voted.

Take a look at this video:



some of that wasn't cat-calling or harassment... though most of it was.
 
Did you watch the video I posted? All I can say is I am glad not to be that girl. I would hate to go through that day after day.

There are all kinds of minor hardships we all face everyday, that can cause us to have bad days, like traffic for example. One adapts to find a way to ease through it, or one assures that their own day is ruined. I'll not let some jerk with a mouth ruin my day, not one moment of it. He has no power in my life just because he has a mouth full of crap.
 
In my life a woman cat called me once. My girlfriend didn't like it, but I'll always remember it. If I were a woman and it happened all the time I guess it would become annoying, even more annoying if it never happened.

Does that make me shallow?
 
As a lesbian, it makes me feel very gross. It makes me fear their reaction to me not being happy about, and it just makes me feel uncomfortable overall.
 
Personally it bothers me. While I sometimes find myself...gazing at an attractive women in appreciation...if you will.

The idea of expressing said appreciation in a loud and somewhat crude manner, perhaps for the amusement and enjoyment of my friends...

Well it doesn't seem reasonable.

It would be one thing to tell a woman she looks nice, but it's quite another to call across a room or street that she does.



Of course, I'm a bit of an introvert....
 
My cat never listens when I call, unless he hears a can opener making noise....
 
It's a verbal assault. Cat calling isn't like a pickup line at a bar or club. Different intent. It's basically the same as swinging your dick in the face of some woman you don't know in order to gain male attention from the crowd. It's the testosterone version of attention whoring drama queen.
 
As a lesbian, it makes me feel very gross. It makes me fear their reaction to me not being happy about, and it just makes me feel uncomfortable overall.

well, if it helps any.. cat-calling generally comes from a good place... even if it's extremely boorish.
 
it comes from the men seeing the woman as attractive or beautiful...

No it doesn't.

It comes from socially primitive men in a group and it means, "I saw the female and my call will be the one to attract her attention, I'm a real male, I could be Alpha!".
 
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I confess to a whistle once or twice..just sort of happened. I think if a guy goes around doing it on purpose it's lame.
It's not like you're going to strike up a conversation by cat calling
 
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