video shows woman harassed more than 100 times in 10-hour

It's definitely not a black thing and I'm annoyed that she chose a largely black and Latino neighborhood. That said, I think it's a very big deal. Strangers invading my space, commenting on my appearance is not a compliment. It's rude at best and aggressively sexist at worst. I think the video did a good job of showing the cumulative effects of this type of behavior. Having to deal with the comments all day everyday is tiring and unnecesary. The whole thing makes me so mad.

It was discussed quite a bit on Fox today. The general consensus was that it wasn't cool and no one wanted to have that kind of 'intrusion' from strangers while just walking down the street. It was also noted that some areas are worse than others. Highly populated areas with lots of foot traffic will see more of this than areas that are more bare.

That said, I'm a bit too old and fluffy to garner 'cat calls' (or whatever you want to call them) anymore, but back in the day one or two compliments once in while was a bit of an ego boost. Creepy guy walking with her for 5 minutes? The barrage of comments every 6 minutes on average? Not so much.

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I think it would be interesting to show other women as well. Like a very overweight woman, or an unattractive woman, or an obviously wealthy woman, or different races. Same streets, same day preferably, just different women. I imagine the comments would be vastly different, but possibly not.

It's annoying as hell. I would say that probably 90% weren't saying those things to be polite. I can't imagine many women are going around saying, "Good morning, handsome!" to men walking down the street. It would just be weird and creepy.

I took it the other way...seems that a very high percentage of the cat-callers were black. So the question "is it a black thing", are black men just more confident/extroverted?

Juxtapose that video with this: Real sexual harrassment

Not to say that this woman in NYC doesn't have the right to be annoyed, but I'm tired of women here crying about petty crap like this when other women in this world are having their lives detroyed and their rights stripped just because they are women. ISIS is selling women into slavery, slaughtering those that won't comply. Iran just hung a woman for killing her rapist in self defense.

So A woman gets some unwanted attention over a 10 hour period in a city of 3.5 million people. Some people say hi to her or comment on her beauty. A man comments on the WORDS she has chosen to wear on her ass. You don't wear words on your ass if you don't want people to LOOK at it, deary. Shocking. Cry me a river. Every woman sold into slavery in the middle east would gladly change places with you.

Talk about "first world problems". Gawd.

I'm surprised anyone thinks these guys are just being polite & friendly  and I didn't get the impression it was just a black thing.

I do think she was getting the constant comments because she is young and attractive and I hate the thought that my daughter might be subjected to this kind of harrassment just walking down the street. It does not make you feel safe and comfortable.

tfs, that is funny 

Polite?  Are you kidding me - which of those comments did you equate to being polite?  I am actually much less bothered by whistles - they aren't expecting a response.  It's the ones who think that you should acknowledge them for their "compliment" that piss me off.  

Honestly I'd be amazed someone said anything and thank them profusely.

I saw the young woman interviewed this morning. I have spent way more time than I should thinking about it, and I still am not sure where I fall on this topic.

On one side, I am in the south, grew up in south. The culture in which I grew up in is a lot of eye contact, smiles, "heys" and "bless yous." There is a fair amount of interaction between strangers. A lot of what I heard on the video is fairly normal *in my world.* And I wouldn't assume a "have a great day" as being an unwanted or veiled sexual innuendo in any way.

On the other hand, I don't walk in her shoes, or have her life/experiences/cultural background etc, so maybe what is normal for me is not for her. The comments are clearly unwelcome, and I should honor that.

Really, what I got out of the video was that if I ever go to New York, I should be really careful not to make eye contact and not smile and nod to strangers because it might be misconstrued as being intrusive.

I was aware of the Hollaback movement before this video. I almost felt teary eyed watching it bcz I get the frustration. It's hard to explain but it's just annoying that people (male or female) think it's ok just to comment on someone else's appearance to them. I don't care if people want to talk behind my back, that's fine! The one I related to when the guy was like "hey smile" bcz I've gotten that before and how does the person know someone didn't just die or you received bad news. My SO (man) didn't think it was that big of deal either, and I realize unless it happens to you it probably does seem trivial. Men get away with calling it compliments.

I like in the one article I read the woman in the video said harassment or commenting, whatever you want to call it, is not allowed or appropriate for the workplace, school or certain public places, so why should it be ok on the street?