#catcalling

[tgirl-tamag0tchi]

I wear crop tops and fishnets so girls will thirst after my tummy and thighs.

Unfortunately men also notice.

This is why I keep pepper spray.

They don’t know when to shut up.

[redsridingredhood]

Tim: woof.

Dick:

Jason:

Dick: ok, that’s it.

Jason: we don’t not cat call anymore!

Dick: we told you to stop doing that young man. It makes Jason sensitive.

Jason, covering his shirtless chest: I just don’t know what happened to you. I feel like I’m just eye candy.

Tim:

Tim: We’ve been dating six months now. If I can’t bark when I see your milkers then Dick can’t say I look extra breedable everytime he sees my waist.

Dick, biting his knuckle: but he do.

[gingerpolyglot]

Hot take but "nice" catcalling (e.g those "wholesome" videos where a guy yells some variation of "I like your shoes" or "you're a badass" or whatever the fuck) completely misses the point about why catcalling is bad

Yeah, sure, you're not being sexually inappropriate with a stranger, but you are still infringing on her (let's not pretend it isn't always "her") ability to move through the world unimpeded. You are still demanding her attention. You are still deciding that you having something to say to her is more important than her right to be left alone.

It's exactly the same kind of bs as all those jumpscare stories where the punchline is "haha I made you THINK I was a bigot but AKSHUALLY I'm an ally!" (E.g "when my son came out I told him I refused to let him live under my roof...until we got him a boyfriend!!" etc)

Every woman's fight or flight reflex kicks in when she's catcalled, and your "nice genuine compliment" triggers that just as much as some douche saying "hey sexy"

More to the point, she still has no way of predicting how you're going to react if she doesn't engage with you the way you want, which is, crucially, *why* catcalling triggers the fight or flight reflex in the first place

Tl;dr you are never entitled to women's attention even if you think you're being nice. Leave women in public alone.

[xiaq]

Was just taking Deacon for a walk, and this guy standing at a stop sign started doing that kissy winky shit at me, acting like he was going to start walking with me. And I just wasn’t about dealing with that today. So I was like, “Oh, buddy!! Have you seen a doctor about that? Facial spasms can be indicative of a bunch of scary underlying conditions!” and you wouldn’t believe how fast he decided he wasn’t interested in me anymore.

[madlads01]

Ok but when I watched afaa for the first time and saw Neytiri getting catcalled by those soldiers while trying to get to Jake, it somehow made me think about Spider's captivity during atwow. Because it literally showed that for some of those guys it really doesn't matter who the person is or what the situation is, they'll still say stuff if they can get away with it. Now during his captivity with the recombinants, Spider was clearly in a position where he had no power at all, he was surrounded by fully grown soldiers and not only that but he was the only one not in typical human clothes. He was basically just in a loincloth the whole time, which made him stand out and also obviously made him way more exposed than anyone else.

So I keep thinking about how some of those soldiers could have made comments directly at him. Like, not even trying to hide it, just saying things as he walked past, looking at him in a way that made it obvious what they were thinking, joking with each other about him. Obviously Spider wouldn't care about their opinion of him, but he would surely care about the fact that they felt comfortable saying stuff like that, because that would mean they might feel comfortable doing more.

And I feel like if that happened during his captivity, it would actual change him, make him more careful. He'd stop standing around on his own, pay more attention to who's nearby and where he could go if something felt off. And the easiest way to avoid those comments and looks would be to stay near someone the soldiers actually listened to. Someone with authority.

Which would end up being Quaritch.

Because of course Quaritch is one with lots of authority, and if he was there, then the soldiers would be way less likely to say anything, especially considering that Spider is more or less Quaritch's son. So Spider would start to stay closer to him, not necessarily because he liked him, but because he felt safe with him, at least. Spider would probably wander less, stay close to the recoms and if they ended up staying a night in Bridgehead City or on the Seadragon, Spider would stay with Quaritch for the night just to feel safe.

And so when Spider saw Quaritch underwater at the end of atwow, he felt like he had to save him because Quaritch had literally kept him safe the whole time and looked out for him.

Also is that a good fanfic concept or nah?

[jellybracelet]

At what age were you catcalled the most?

<14

14-17

late teens-early 20s

mid-late 20s

30s

40s+

I never or rarely have been catcalled

Voting ended onJul 19, 2024

[marzipanandminutiae]

Am I madder that some asshole followed me for a block catcalling me, or am I madder that he kept calling my clothing "colonial" and " pilgrim"

Let's just go with "generally furious"

[whereifindsanity]

Hahaha!