Catcalling: Why It Isn't a Compliment by Piper Bailey https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9 Catcalling is sexual harassment. Period. en-us 2018-02-21 21:02:01 UTC 2023-04-11 04:23:11 UTC hello@padlet.com She Is pjbailey https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/239890881 By Piper Bailey

She is a college graduate
Her heels click against the pavement as she walks to her car
She bought that car
Herself
With the money she earned
At the job she works so hard at
She is a hardworking woman
A truck rolls by, engine coughing
It honks at her
For her?
No, at her
Her stomach churns as the window slides down
The man in the truck compliments her body
I mean, it is a compliment, right?
Right?
He cannot see her diploma
Her hard work
But he sees her thighs and her chest
Her car is never close enough
Her keys jingle in her purse
“Get home” they call out
She is a homeowner
She sees a man in a suit
He looks like he does something important for his job
Does she look like that?
She wonders
His hair is as white as her knuckles, tightening on her purse strap
His hand is on her shoulder
A metal ring on his third finger burns her skin
He compliments her legs
Why does a compliment make her feel like a piece of meat?
Eyes forward
Keep walking
Two men
No, two boys,
Far too young,
Tell her she’s beautiful
They see the distaste in her eyes
“It’s just a compliment, baby”
Her name is not "baby"
She wishes she didn’t wear this skirt
She just wanted to feel confident
But her mouth tastes sour as staring eyes leaves marks on her flesh
She is a college graduate
She is a hardworking woman
She is a homeowner
She is smart
She is proud of her accomplishments
But on that sidewalk?
She is an object.

]]> 2018-03-08 19:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/239890881 The Many Definitions of Sexual Harassment pjbailey https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/240013395 "Uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature."
- Merriam Webster

"The persistent unwelcome directing of sexual remarks and looks, and unnecessary physical contact at a person, usually a woman." 
- British Dictionary]]> 2018-03-09 04:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/240013395 Thesis pjbailey https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/240014289 Catcalling is just a sanitized word for sexual harassment. A catcall, like a man commenting something like "nice legs" or "just smile for me, baby" objectifies women, states that the purpose of a woman is for pleasing the male gaze, and it dehumanizes us. It must come to an end.]]> 2018-03-09 05:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/240014289 A Girl Stands on a London Street for One Hour pjbailey https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/240368835 Does this video disgust you? It should. The men who walk past this woman assume they have control over her body, shouting things at her, asking for her number, and even one man groping her. She was just standing there, not speaking to anyone, and various men who saw her thought that they had the right to touch her or make a comment about her body. ]]> 2018-03-09 20:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/240368835 Works Cited pjbailey https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/240376723 “Statistics - Stop Street Harassment Studies.” Stop Street Harassment, www.stopstreetharassment.org/resources/statistics/sshstudies/.]]> 2018-03-09 21:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/240376723 pjbailey https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/242062447 2018-03-14 18:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/242062447 The Stats pjbailey https://padlet.com/pjbailey/KFperiod9/wish/245628382 In 2008, 811 women were a part of a study conducted by the founder of Stop Street Harassment. Out of those 811 women, only 3 of them reported that they had never been harassed on the street. That means that 99% of the female respondents had experienced street harassment. Out of these women, the article also reported that:

  • 95% had been the target of leering or excessive staring
  • Nearly 95%  had been the target of whistling and honking car horns
  • Over 87% had been the target of a sexist comment
  • Nearly 82% had been the target of someone making vulgar gestures at them
  • Nearly 81% had been the target of sexually explicit comments
  • Over 77% had been the target of kissing noises
  • 75% reported being followed at least once in their lives
  • Nearly 57% reported being touched or grabbed in a sexual way by a stranger in public
  • 27% reported being assaulted in public by a stranger
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