Banning catcalls and "lewd" comments?

[Bella Fortuna]

Or better yet, a date at the Edison...

Hey, baby...you busy tonight at 3am?

Don't run away, baby - stand still, so I can pick you up!

Bada bing!

You can take the boy out of Joisey, but...

[Trolldor]

But to take the Joisey out of the boy you really should call the cops.

Shit be nasty man.

[Coito ergo sum]

Or better yet, a date at the Edison...

Hey, baby...you busy tonight at 3am?

Don't run away, baby - stand still, so I can pick you up!

Bada bing!

You can take the boy out of Joisey, but...

You from Joisey?

I'm from Joisey?

What exit?

Hoboken?

[kiki5711]

what part of Manhattan does she walk through and what does she wear?

[Animavore]

What's a "cat-call"?

[Bella Fortuna]

What's a "cat-call"?

Like a 'wolf-whistle.'

[Animavore]

What's a "cat-call"?

Like a 'wolf-whistle.'

Oh. Why not just call it a "wolf-whistle"?

[Mysturji]

Whistles, 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.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-be ... 39.html?dr

Is this just a way to legislate the convention that certain things ought not to be said while a lady is present?

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.

On the flip side....

"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.

" Well, isn't listening to things we don't want to hear the price everyone pays for going out in public?

How pissed off would they be if no-one whistled?

[Bella Fortuna]

What's a "cat-call"?

Like a 'wolf-whistle.'

Oh. Why not just call it a "wolf-whistle"?

I really have no answer for that.

[Animavore]

I actually can't whistle

[Bella Fortuna]

I actually can't whistle

Then try calling.

[Coito ergo sum]

Whistles, 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.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-be ... 39.html?dr

Is this just a way to legislate the convention that certain things ought not to be said while a lady is present?

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.

On the flip side....

"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.

" Well, isn't listening to things we don't want to hear the price everyone pays for going out in public?

How pissed off would they be if no-one whistled?

Wimins....there's just no pleasin' 'em....

[Animavore]

Can't live with 'em. Can't shoot 'em.

[maiforpeace]

Whistles, 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.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-be ... 39.html?dr

Is this just a way to legislate the convention that certain things ought not to be said while a lady is present?

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.

On the flip side....

"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.

" Well, isn't listening to things we don't want to hear the price everyone pays for going out in public?

How pissed off would they be if no-one whistled?

Wimins....there's just no pleasin' 'em....

Yeah, well I'm not paying for the room.

[Bella Fortuna]

I keep looking at this topic title and thinking it has to do with goings-on over at Ratskep.