If you are a girl, you have probably experienced that awkward or inappropriate moment where a guy subjects you to a humiliating act because he thinks that you're sexy. For me, these moments are summed up pretty well through honking and the "wolf whistle."
Today I was walking into my office when a man in the parking lot came up behind me, started slowing down, smiled at me creepily and honked at me while saying, "What's up good lookin'?" Now I don't know what goes through a man's mind while these moments go on but it obviously different than what goes through mine. The way that I see it is, either the man thinks that what he is doing is perfectly acceptable because he thinks that we girls enjoy that kind of attention or he simply doesn't care because he doesn't have a high opinion of women. Whichever one it is, I don't really care. I just think that it's disgusting. It puts us women on the spot, it's awkward and I can only speak for myself, but I always feel a bit afraid. I wonder what the man will do when I ignore them because they can all handle it differently. Will he continue? Will he get out of the car and hurt me? Is he armed? These thoughts all race through my mind every single time, no matter what.
Now I don't dress scantily and I don't show a lot of skin. I believe in being conservative; plus, I'm married. So it's not as if I'm half-naked on the side of the road. I don't know exactly how many times that this has happened to me but it isn't something that has gotten easier with time. So while I was thinking of that man's rude act this morning, I started thinking of a video that Carrie Hope Fletcher did on YouTube about men "wolf whistling" at her and how disgusting that she thinks it is that women are still whistled at like dogs. So rather than steal her material, since what we're talking about has some similar features, I will link to her video below.
If you are someone that partakes in either of these acts, stop it. It is demeaning to women and it is not something that makes us feel sexy. In fact, when someone does them to me, I feel cheap. It's the 21st century and we have evolved past this. If you think a girl is attractive, you go up to talk to her and tell her that she is beautiful. If you're not willing to do that, just get back in the car and get away. It's not worth your time and it's certainly not worth the girls' time.
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