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Monday, July 9, 2018
Catcalling Citation Card
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(Male response:) I don't like this card's idea, as it's intrinsically violent and suppresses the desire of another human being (the catcaller) to speak up.
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't Impact study the catcalling issue as carefully as it has studied the rape issue, understand the mechanics & psychology involved, and come up with an effective solution?
Anecdotally, I have taken the time to chat up some of the homeless guys, construction workers, etc. who either do catcalling, or approach women and gross them out (no danger, just a disgusting feeling).
The mechanics seems different from aggression scenarios: those guys that I've talked to seem to be hopeless ones who gave up on their lot in life, and staring at journal pictures of attractive women along with smoking leftover cigarette butts are some of their few remaining joys in their lives -- and yes, as well as doing the catcalling, which is often the best those guys can hope for.
( Please, take my conclusions with a grain of salt and do a more serious study. )
The dynamic can thus be completely different from the typical self-defense scenarios, and the boundary-setting, "this is not okay" narrative, etc. are ineffective, because
(1) for those several guys that I've spoken to, the boundaries ARE PRESENT,
(2) they absolutely can't relate to how most women feel, because for them those women exist mostly as a fantasy, as a dream in their imagination, and
(3) those guys that I've encountered don't have much to lose.
So, please, let's continue the tradition of Impact by coming up with a real-life solution that actually works --- giving people the "hate cards" pictured above will not do any good whatsoever.