Feminism Thread

[BaneTheBrawler]

I don't know, it would be nice if we lived in a world where more women were attracted to kind men, but If you lined up 20 "nice guys" and 20 "dicks", I don't have to guess which side will have had more women/partners in their life.

careful with this, you might sprout a trilby

[NynJa]

That the latter happens at all is the problem, not the woman who has long since learned to just avoid all eye contact and not engage in order to feel even a little bit safe.

I dont think anyone has an issue with her calling out the two idiots who followed her for 5 minutes.

She clearly had someone ahead of her with a camera filming it (I'm presuming a male?), she wasnt alone. Even if she wasnt being filmed, she was still on a busy street with a lot of other people around.

Fact of the matter is, if basic human interaction, like saying "good morning" (and yes, she has a problem with it, because its included in her video) offends her, she should pack her shit and move to the fucking country or something, NOT living in really really busy as fuck NYC.

[Jefe]

She also considered a wink or whistle harassment? A WINK?!? Are you kidding me?!?.

Kinda unrelated, but we had this workshop to inform us about this type of harassment, and the speaker (heavy set woman) was like: LADIES, IF SOMEONE LOOKS AT YOU AND MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE, REPORT IT TO ME ASAP.

We ain't talking some dude sticking his tongue like a rattlesnake and doing the V thing or licking his lips; it was how the person 'felt.

Anyway, not a single straight man on God's green earth is gonna have a problem w/ the gg shit. Let's be real here.

[Kuya]

Welp, that didn't take long:

A New York actress who volunteered to appear in a public service announcement depicting street harassment was threatened online soon after the clip debuted Tuesday, according to Hollaback, the organization which commissioned the troubling film clip.
"The subject of our PSA is starting to get rape threats on the comments. Can you help by reporting them?" @iHollaback tweeted Tuesday.

http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york...ideo-1.9556016

[hey]

I have had to deal with people saying god bless you or to smile more. Heck, I've even had strangers ask me how my day is.
Yep, normal human interaction. I deal with it constantly.

One time, some guy had the nerve to ask me if I had a light.

Asking someone for a light is fine. If you have a legitimate reason to talk to a random person on the street, then that's fine. But when you never say a word to a single person, up until you see a pretty girl with big boobs, and then all of the sudden you care how this person's day has been? Yeah, that's harassment. Leave them alone, they probably have somewhere to go, and don't want to talk to you, or the few dozen other guys who have asked them how their day has been.

Those people following her like "Whachu doing gurl" probably get laid with this kind of thing more times than not.

I would be absolutely shocked if it worked more often than one in 10,000 times.

[D44kpunk]

i'm curious, outside of bars i have never really noticed this type of thing ever happening. I've lived in the midwest my entire life and for a short time in California outside of LA

if she was walking down more upscale parts of NYC would this still be happening?

[BaneTheBrawler]

stuff

what's up? how was your day?

[NynJa]

Welp, that didn't take long:

http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york...ideo-1.9556016

You mean the internet trolls are trolling?!? HOLY SHIT NO FUCKING WAY.

[NynJa]

i'm curious, outside of bars i have never really noticed this type of thing ever happening. I've lived in the midwest my entire life and for a short time in California outside of LA

if she was walking down more upscale parts of NYC would this still be happening?

I'm sure correction and hey will just ignore this and say "it doesnt matter, it shouldnt be happening to begin with".

[hey]

i'm curious, outside of bars i have never really noticed this type of thing ever happening. I've lived in the midwest my entire life and for a short time in California outside of LA

if she was walking down more upscale parts of NYC would this still be happening?

Yes. This happens constantly, pretty much everywhere. That is why it is such a problem. It is reeeeeaaallly easy to say it's not a problem when you are totally ignorant of what they are experiencing. It's not just a few people occasionally who genuinely care about her, it's a new idiot every few minutes, who just want to bother her.

[Mazmaz]

For all the people saying "oh 2 minute video in 10 hours", you clearly didn't watch the end of the video, where it states that there were 100+ instances in that 10 hours. Editing is too mind boggling for some.

[ringthree]

I would be absolutely shocked if it worked more often than one in 10,000 times.

So you are saying their is a chance!

[Jefe]

if she was walking down more upscale parts of NYC would this still be happening?

Eureka! So one can assume this type of thing only happens in poor areas. Which means minorities, i.e. poor and uneducated. And whose fault is that these groups of peeps are poor? The white man. It is, actually...

[Blubbartron]

Over half the instances I saw in that video were completely benign. Being hit on in a public space is something that happens. Anthropologically it's a mating call. If you're attractive, people will probably hit on you. We don't need fucking designated hook-up areas. This shit is so retarded.

Also, the dude "following" her? There's a big difference between someone walking the same direction as another person at the same pace (beside them, in fact), and stalking/following. I'd like to see the entire video of that particular encounter before I make a more definite decision.

[hey]

For all the people saying "oh 2 minute video in 10 hours", you clearly didn't watch the end of the video, where it states that there were 100+ instances in that 10 hours. Editing is too mind boggling for some.

And for those who can't do math, that's an average of less than 6 minutes between each instance.

So you are saying their is a chance!

My bet would be that it's closer to one in a million, but i wouldn't be so shocked if it was more often. I wouldn't consider it an actual chance.

[ringthree]

Also, the dude "following" her? There's a big difference between someone walking the same direction as another person at the same pace (beside them, in fact), and stalking/following. I'd like to see the entire video of that particular encounter before I make a more definite decision.

Did you even watch the video? The dude walked next to her for 5 straight minutes. Uncomfortably close. Like I would have pushed him away if someone did that to me for more than 5 seconds close.

[BaneTheBrawler]

what's up? how was your day?

i realize this came off as flippant but since i've apparently been mutually harassing almost everyone i've ever spoken with i figured i should probably include Hey pretty soon or she might feel left out


sorry that was still flippant


im not sorry, that shit's ridiculous. basic human interaction is not harassment. huge difference between "annoying" and "harassment"

[Priran]

Welp, that didn't take long:



http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york...ideo-1.9556016

the important thing is, can we blame this on #GG yet

[hey]

Did you even watch the video? The dude walked next to her for 5 straight minutes. Uncomfortably close. Like I would have pushed him away if someone did that to me for more than 5 seconds close.

He was also looking over at her every so often. Clearly he didn't watch it.

[NynJa]

Also, the dude "following" her? There's a big difference between someone walking the same direction as another person at the same pace (beside them, in fact), and stalking/following. I'd like to see the entire video of that particular encounter before I make a more definite decision.

She was walking faster than him, then he talked to her, then he fell behind, and then decided to speed up to walk next to her.