10 hours of walking in NYC as a woman

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Based on the reddit thread above my comment, it looks like she probably did get catcalled quite a bit, and they decided to record a video to see how often it happened.
And from the "director", he says the spread was fairly even between whites and minorities. Fair enough, I'll take him at his word.

I still think this video will cause a media/talk show storm in the coming days and extreme feminists will hijack this to bash men all over.
I'll give women that this sort of thing can be annoying but we're just going to differ on how big a problem this really is.
This isn't about male bashing though. This is pointing out that certain behavior is not okay (like following someone). It doesn't make females feel wanted, it makes us feel harassed and creeped out.

Not all men behave like this, but I don't see a problem with raising the issue that the ones that do can't even acknowledge why it's not acceptable.
 

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10 hours of video footage condensed into 2 minutes of guys saying hello, how you doing beautiful, and a couple of dudes who were trailing her. The one dude that WAS creepy was the dude that wasn't saying anything and was following her for 5 minutes. That's some creepy, stalkerish behavior. The other dude following her was persistent, but fairly in line with a lot of dudes that 'spit game'.

If they pointed out that one specific dude and said, "This behavior is not ok." That's a cool video. Creating a 'street harrassment' video painting males as some sort of pigs when they were saying hey beautiful or hello... wack. Keep on pressing on with stuff like this and we're going to have those articles about why men aren't men and how they need to 'man up' and approach females or how they need to be more forthcoming with compliments.
 

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why don't they say hello and smile to old ladies walking by, or other men?"
I smile and nod at most people walking toward me or in my periferal(sp). I dont just walk around mean mugging and avoiding human interaction at all costs. Especially those offering compliments. Seems rude but that just me.

As a man i dont remember men just overtly ignoring greating other men either.
 

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I smile and nod at most people walking toward me or in my periferal(sp). I dont just walk around mean mugging and avoiding human interaction at all costs. Especially those offering compliments. Seems rude but that just me.

As a man i dont remember men just overtly ignoring greating other men either.
Personally, I don't have a problem with a man approaching me politely, or smiling or saying hello, etc.

Sexualizing me is a different story. "Baby" "You're thick" "Sweetie" etc. isn't a respectful way to get someone's attention.
 

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Personally, I don't have a problem with a man approaching me politely, or smiling or saying hello, etc.

Sexualizing me is a different story. "Baby" "You're thick" "Sweetie" etc. isn't a respectful way to get someone's attention.

then you see the problem...the video didnt make a distinction...it made saying hi equal to following in terms of "street harassment"...
 

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Personally, I don't have a problem with a man approaching me politely, or smiling or saying hello, etc.

Sexualizing me is a different story. "Baby" "You're thick" "Sweetie" etc. isn't a respectful way to get someone's attention.
Street harassment leads to this

 

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Agreed. I actually discussed this earlier with a few friends and one of them brought up a good point:

" there is no sincere meaning behind the hello. Most of the time they are simply saying it for their own and their friends enjoyment. They don't care how I am doing. They aren't interested in being my friend and their "hello" is as empty as the "HOO HOO" you shout when you walk up to the Chimpanzee cage at the zoo so they will turn around and you can get a better look at them. Guys can tell themselves all day that they are just "being friendly" but most of the time, we all know that these greetings are just a way to get the girls attention, whether it is a sad attempt to pick her up, or just so she will turn around and look at you. If this isn't so, why don't they say hello and smile to old ladies walking by, or other men?"
No stuff they using to get in the door whats wrong with that when most women are chumps anyway in the dating game? Nobody cosigning stalker behavior but chicks acting like they better than people under the guise of "harassment" is weak sauce. Probably be better off saying the truth (well not to the actual guys face though but in discussions like these) that you don't like dudes you're not attracted to trying to talk to you instead of blatant lies only suckers will believe.
 

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Personally, I don't have a problem with a man approaching me politely, or smiling or saying hello, etc.

Sexualizing me is a different story. "Baby" "You're thick" "Sweetie" etc. isn't a respectful way to get someone's attention.
Im willing to bet if she was to turn around and display her displeasure, every one of those men would have apologized.

even still Not even 10% commemted on her body. everything she want to get she got it. Life aint fair. If she dont like whats happening to her do different. Everybody else does.

Would you feel more respected in a rich part of town with well to do white men approaching you politely, but think you are a prostitute?
 

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This is actually an interesting modern day debate. It surely should be completely harmless to wish a person of the opposite gender 'good morning' on the way to work? especially if you see the same person at the same time of day every day? But society is so fukked up these days, that even this could be misconstrued as 'creepy' . Is it any wonder that people these days have such trouble finding others to be in relationships with? and I mean lasting relationships, not drunken fumbles or meeting mostly weirdos or cheaters online.

I blame a number of factors and this video illustrates some of them, first feminism, but also the easily offended overly sensitive culture we live in now, means many,men in particular find it difficult to talk to women. Then we have the iphone, online and social media culture that means people men and women find it hard to interact with people outside their social bubble and their social bubble may be far more limited than they realise because online gives the illusion they have more friends than they truly have, in reality they aren't the centre of anything. .Many females seem to think online praise translates to real life, and walk around with a permanent stick embedded in their ass with impossible requirements , and wander why they haven't met 'the one' yet. This means we have legions of social retards wandering the streets ,who have no clue about decent civilised friendly behaviours. And at times they clash.

Something else, I think needs to be talked about.Men not understanding why many women react like they do or believe they should do to 'compliments' or sexual suggestions by people of the opposite gender. I think the reason many men think this ,is because they have never experienced it themselves. I give you a real life scenario , and wonder how many of you would be truly comfortable with it. My dad , worked in a bar while a student, another bar staff member who happened to be female and much older , decided to make constant comments to him about his body, and also his relationships and sexuality,it began as a bit of fun or he treated like that but after a while it got annoying till he dreaded going to work .She never touched him to begin with,it was just comments, she would talk like this in front of other workers and customers. It wasn't so much the comments that bothered him,it was the humliation. He put up with it,because he badly needed the money,and also being a man, felt he would be labeled 'gay' if he complained. He felt like a bytch basically. It was when she started groping him to the amusement of customers in the bar, that he left.

Now many guys would say,'I would have just fukked her', 'shoved my dikk in her mouth', but reality is very different.
 

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Make a video, spread it around the internet, and cry about the attention men show you, brehettes.
 

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So she couldn't even bother to politely decline that one dude who was walking with her attempting to spit game? The Silent Stalker was creep status, no questions asked.

Anyways, this is exactly why I don't bother talking to chicks in public like this. 9/10 times, they'll ignore you & be straight rude.
 

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Some of the dudes were thirsty but saying Hi, Hello, Have a nice day, is not street harassment

Chicks in NY are stuck up breh. I've witnessed it 1st hand on so many occasions with my homies. It's come to a point where I be telling them to stop giving these random chicks ego boosts by telling them that're beautiful if they're not going to even have the common courtesy to say thank you.
 
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