http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-be ... 39.html?drWhistles, catcalls and lewd come-ons from strangers are all too familiar to New York City women, who say they are harassed multiple times a day as they walk down the street. Now lawmakers are examining whether to do something to discourage it.
Is this just a way to legislate the convention that certain things ought not to be said while a lady is present?
On the flip side....Carrie Goodman, 27, a student who lives in Manhattan, said she hears a whistle or comment "once or twice a day."
"It bothers me, but I just keep walking," she said. Goodman is skeptical that lawmakers can do anything about it, though.
"You can't really control what comes out of people's mouths," she said.
" Well, isn't listening to things we don't want to hear the price everyone pays for going out in public?"Too commonly, street harassment is believed to be the price women pay for living in New York City," said its executive director, Emily May. "But we're not buying it.
Yes??
