All theses women on a You Gov survey saying they have been sexually harassed in public....." According to YouGov ... "Unwanted sexual attention can include instances of wolf-whistling, sexual comments being made, staring, and indecent exposure." Almost all of these are valid points but "Staring"??? If a man, for example sitting on a park bench sees a pretty girl walk past is he supposed to look at his feet, stare at the sky?? Is human nature no longer acceptable ...i.e. boy sees girl...boy fancies girl boy looks at girl. Jeez!! It is not as if he has clubbed her over the head dragged her off to a cave to....err ' have his wicked way'!! "Officer I have been a victim of unwanted sexual attention! That man sitting over there had the indecency to look at me as I walked past him." Apparently that means any attempt to chat a girl up in, say a pub could be regarded as "unwanted sexual attention". Are these women incapable of a good old put down line? there cant be many blokes my age and younger who have not been on the end of a good verbal slap down rejection from a girl when we were young single lads.
depends what they mean by staring I suppose, (like if he's staring up her skirt) although seriously , prolonged leering makes women uncomfortable for instance, and tbh there's so many pervy bstards about these days who can blame them.
They should try living somewhere like Saudi if thy can't handle a prolonged stare. ......Can't drive, can't go anywhere un-chaperoned, can't try on clothes when shopping, go for a swim, interact with men etc. Come to think of it some of them might like it. Not sure I have ever seen a hijab cladded woman wolf-whistled and I have been to the Middle East. OK and quite common for men to walk round holding hands though (at least in the UAE and Bahrain). Why do women spend multi million pounds on fashion accessories, clothes, perfume and makeup if they don't want to be looked at?
brilliant. glad to see you embracing International Women's Day. here's a website you might quite enjoy http://www.misogyny.ws/
My favourite thing on international women's day every year is comedian Richard Herring responding to literally every tweet from neanderthals demanding "international women's day?? When do I get an international men's day??" with "November 19th". Absolutely superb https://twitter.com/Herring1967/with_replies
I don't know if you have children, but imagine if your daughter was on, for argument's sake, Goldthorpe train station at 10 o'clock at night, it's pitch black, isolated and the only other person on the station is a man who is constantly staring at her in a way which makes her feel vulnerable and uncomfortable. I don't think you'd be saying 'Lad, have a good spy at her'. I think you'd most likely want to bash his brains in. That's the kind of uncalled for, provocative thing the 'staring' refers to, things that make women feel frightened for their safety. Not a simple glance and smile of someone who fancies someone they pass in the park. Whilst I agree that masculinity is in something of a crisis in terms of what is deemed acceptable or not when approaching women any more (as so many women have different expectations to each other), the only 'outrage' in the statement you post is that which you feel determined to see in it.
Yes that's right, forgot lesbians aren't sexually attracted to anyone and don't want to be admired in any way.
Hehe you got to love me. But do dykes wolf whistle each other? Never seen it myself but it's banned here anyway.
What have I said that makes me a misogynist? Have you never looked at a pretty girl? My comments on Saudi were an indictment of the way women are treated in many parts of the world and not a recommendation. You really are a pre-judgemental fool aren't you. I just find all this "I'm offended and upset when a man stares at me" and "my life was ruined and I cant get into a relationship because someone once touched my breast" . and NO I have never behaved that way towards a woman (I can't whistle and never shouted at a woman or made lewd comments. it is a sad indictment of how society in Britain is heading. It is NOT being civilised, it is being overly PC and is ruining the country due to people having to walk on eggshells because of people like you. In fact, you yourself are doing women a disservice by leaping to their defence as if they are incapable of defending themselves. Most women are more than capable of defending themselves !! Judging from many of your posts anyone who disagrees with your holier than thou view of things is either a pervert, racist , bigot, ....
I'd love to be the target of a foxy chick's stares and whistles.... but it has never happened and as I have to look at myself every morning in the mirror and think "What the f.uck am I about, I really am a pathetic specimen of human plankton", do you know, it's not likely to happen either. Some of us can only dream. Oh for a wolf whistle, from someone.......... anyone !!!
How do you stare at someone in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable? It would require another action for it to intimidate my daughter like a physical approach or move towards her. How long then before being simply in a woman's presence alone on a deserted railway station makes her feel 'uncomfortable and deemed provocative? Get a grip for God's sake! Bash his brains out?? For looking. Your reaction is frankly more concerning. And I am called Neanderthal!?
The wolf of Wall Street ... So we now have a woman's day, but we men have always had a mans day, it is just nine months before woman's day...
Although I do kind of understand what the OP is saying, the cultural shift over the last few decades has meant that women do tend to find themselves in more and more dangerous situations on a regular basis, so I think anything like this is justified. For balance, I have 2 daughters, the oldest is nearly 15. I also have a wife that gets a fair amount of attention when we go out, even when I'm stood next to her, thats not to say she's a super model, she's the first to admit she isn't, but in pubs when we are out she gets stared at regularly, and its pretty uncomfortable. On our local park we have a flasher on the loose, there's been rapes in Wath, paedophile rings in Rotherham; there has to be a tipping point, where we protect the vulnerable people in our society. My wife and my daughter won't go and walk the dog for christ sake when its anywhere near dark. Like someone mentioned a few posts up, it's not about an innocent glance here and there, its to try and stop the dangerous people out there from taking advantage and putting someone in danger. Maybe it is an overreaction but I'd rather have laws and rules to protect people rather than not.
How would the woman know that the man looking wasn't about to take the further sort of action you talk about? It's quite possible she'd be scared stiff that he would, thus uncomfortable, and that's the point. I have a cracking grip on these matters already my friend as I actually speak to women and have can empathise with how they might feel intimidated by certain things. WANT to bash his brains out was what I actually said. For the record I'd never do such a thing.
