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84% of Women Worldwide Dealt With Catcalls Before Age 17: Study
New York Magazine ^ | Wednesday, May 27, 2015 | ERICA PEARSON

Posted on 05/28/2015 3:25:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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To: BenLurkin

Feminists should be concerned about ISIS and Boko Haram sex slaves, not cat calls they are free to ignore.


21 posted on 05/28/2015 3:44:34 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Cboldt

Chivalry is dead.


22 posted on 05/28/2015 3:45:08 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: nickcarraway

So 84% got catcalled ... and 16 % wish they had.


23 posted on 05/28/2015 3:48:20 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: UCANSEE2

If not dead, at least uncommon.


24 posted on 05/28/2015 3:50:32 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: IronJack

I thought it was 85%
Good it has dropped 1%.....


25 posted on 05/28/2015 3:58:54 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Parmy

Oddly enough, from the autobiographies I’ve read, the cat calls and “sexual harassment” REALLY begin when they PUT ON the bags! (because it signals sexual maturity). Eeeew! Frankly, I love it now that I’m middle aged and I loved it when I was younger too, to be cat called. (Harassment is a different matter, that was just creepy!)


26 posted on 05/28/2015 3:59:26 PM PDT by hulagirl (High Horse Drifter)
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To: IronJack

So 84% got catcalled ... and 16 % wish they had.


You beat me to it.


27 posted on 05/28/2015 4:25:49 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: nickcarraway

A global problem, LOL?

And since when is “hey, baby” threatening? or a whistle or any of that?

I’m 51 and I still get male appreciation, and I have never considered it anything but a compliment. Not once has a man ever said anything filthy to me in that respect.


28 posted on 05/28/2015 4:29:02 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: rbg81

In an interview shortly before her death,

even Helen Thomas says that a few years ago she was catcalled and groped.


29 posted on 05/28/2015 4:31:03 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: nickcarraway

Oh this is ridiculous. Someone actually spent money on this research? It’s nature, and I suspect the only ones complaining are those who no one notices or those who want another woman to “catcall” them.


30 posted on 05/28/2015 4:33:13 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: nickcarraway

more pesky micro aggression


31 posted on 05/28/2015 4:33:57 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: BenLurkin
I don’t understand the mentality of those who do.

Good point ... Would be interesting to see a study on how many times a "catcall" actually worked (as I suppose most of those who do it hope -- desperately hope -- it will! -- Hah!)

32 posted on 05/28/2015 4:36:22 PM PDT by glennaro
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To: glennaro

Catcalls only work to make women uncomfortable — and that is exactly what the insecure morons who do the catcalling want.

At least, that’s how I see it.


33 posted on 05/28/2015 4:37:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

And 16% of women were offended that they did not get a catcall.


34 posted on 05/28/2015 4:51:59 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: nickcarraway

Never did it in person, but I’ll do it with text online.

Owwwwwwwwwooo!

If any of them really don’t want catcalls from the retards, they should wear more clothing. Clothing is like armor against retards to some extents.


35 posted on 05/28/2015 4:54:31 PM PDT by familyop
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To: nickcarraway

Everyone knows that calling cats is a waste of time. They don’t listen.


36 posted on 05/28/2015 5:04:42 PM PDT by matt1234
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To: nickcarraway

Note the subtle anti-American sentiment: the graphic on the first one being a rough outline of the continental United States, despite its purporting to quote ‘global’ statistics.

Note, too, there is no corresponding study of the percentage of involuntarily celibate males.


37 posted on 05/28/2015 5:09:03 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: nickcarraway

100% of non-Muslim women captured by ISIS are made sex slaves or executed.


38 posted on 05/28/2015 5:09:32 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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To: COBOL2Java

I got some of those when I was eight years old.

They don’t work.


39 posted on 05/28/2015 5:12:10 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: nickcarraway

Did they say wht percentage of women misheard something and thought it was a) a catcall, b) directed at them when it was for someone else, c) not a catcall but they wanted to lie and say they get catcalls, or d) any combo of the above?


40 posted on 05/28/2015 5:18:11 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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