How do you respond to catcalling? What are some of your comebacks (any badass stories) or do you just totally ignore?
How do you respond to catcalling? What are some of your comebacks (any badass stories) or do you just totally ignore?
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How do you respond to catcalling? What are some of your comebacks (any badass stories) or do you just totally ignore?
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Ignore, if solo.
Flip the bird, when with group of friends (maybe also point and laugh)
Throw a rock at the car then run in the opposite direction
Not exactly catcalling, but I was at a work conference in Montreal once talking to a vendor (in English). A couple of dudes nearby were making sexual comments about me in French, not expecting me to understand since I’m a woman of the Asian Persuasion.
I let them continue for a while. When I was ready to walk away, I turned to them and said in French that I didn’t appreciate what I heard. I never expected anybody could turn so much whiter!
That’s the good thing about being ugly. I’ll never have to worry about that. I’d probably ignore though.
I usually ignore it but there are some situations where you can’t. My response to any uncomfortable comments about a body part (ex: nice ass) is “Thanks! I made it myself.” It’s important to note, this should be thrown behind you as you walk away, like a proper mic drop. Do not further engage.
This for escapes only. No banter.
Not a badass story but: Once I was passing by a group of guys sitting on a stoop and one of them starting cat calling me and I told him to “shut the fuck up, idiot” and he got up to presumably hurt me in some way and my boyfriend at the time had just left our apartment to walk with me to the train and the stoop guy saw him and sat back down. Crazy how the perceived threat of another man was enough to stop him in his tracks
Ignore them hard enough that they doubt their own existence.
They want a reaction. Give them nothing.
I’ve walked right up to cars who’ve done this at a red light and stood in front of it or beside their window and loudly exclaim YES YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION NOW WHAT IS IT
while the cars behind them honk
Middle finger and a look of contempt.
If I’m being catcalled, I immediately turn around and start digging my nose vigorously. That does the job usually.
Ignore if possible, eyeroll when not.
I got cat called a lot solo travelling and just bark at them aggressively like a dog, even lunge forward a bit when I do it. Now I’m back in the uk I do it when men say stuff to me in the street or approach me inappropriately. It works a dream, the look on their faces is always hilarious.
I usually just ignore it, attention is what they’re after so the best response is indifference.
I’m not trying to end up dead so I just ignore it.
i just ignore tbh. no point in reacting. it’ll just escalate.
I would love to say I do something cool and bad ass but the reality is it instantly makes me feel unsafe, cautious and suddenly aware of how many men are around me.
So I ignore and get the hell out of there as quickly as possible.