The Effects Of Catcalling

Although the issue of women’s rights has attracted international recognition and support, women still face many inequalities and barriers. Gender-based violence and economic discrimination are problems in many parts of the world.

For many decades, women have experienced all forms of oppression and constant violence that threatened their existence in the male-dominated society. Various forms of discrimination and oppression have been directed to women for decades. Violence directed at women such as rape and battery were seen and treated as isolated scenarios. However, as the need to foster gender equality took pace, such oppressive actions are now perceived as elements of a wider system of dominance in the society that that needs to be addressed as a whole rather than in singularity

Studying Social Justice in college has made me more aware to the sexism that occurs in my community. In the latest neighborhood chisme (gossip) or the local Logan square newspaper, it is often reported that acts of gang violence or property crimes have occurred throughout the week. Never does one encounter any awareness of the sexism that occurs throughout the community, nor is it a topic anyone is willing to openly discuss. Sexism is the

Women have expectations. Society wants women to act appropriately. Women stereotypically do not speak their minds. Poet, Ana Castillo, uses her poem “Women Don’t Riot” to showcase her frustration towards women who continue to stay silent about harm brought onto them. For example, “raped, / beaten, / harassed, / … / won’t ever rise up in arms” (Castillo 26-32), displaying her frustration towards women who continuously listen to a society that says to stay quiet. Castillo develops anger towards the women who bow down to ridiculous expectations. She believes that if women stand united and fight together, society’s ignorance might fade, leading to a lower risk of sex crime. The world wants women to keep being afraid of

The sexual objectification of woman has led to led to a normalization of cat-calling. For most men cat-calling is about proving to other men your bravado, machismo, and virility. But unfortunately it's a terrible mating strategy. Most women never have sex with a man who started by cat-calling her as a stranger on the street. I think cat-calling for these types of men, is due to how little they understand about women as humans. In our culture porn is heavily normalized. As a result, men started to believe that women loved being called sluts or

Injustices in this world infect people's lives like diseases. One in particular has not only developed over the years, but cases spring up in the most unthought of places. This injustice commonly known as sexual harassment affects women, children, and occasionally men all across the globe. There are many aspects when it comes to sexual harassment including its background, opposing viewpoints on the popular belief, the popular viewing, sexual harassment in today's society, solutions to the problem, and what the future would be like without this injustice on the world's hands.

As technology continues to evolve, our society has become toxic with the way that women are being taken advantage of online and in public. Women are being put in situations to decide whether they want to make a scene to stand up for themselves, or let their bodily autonomy be invaded. In the two articles, there are many examples of harassment and people need to understand that this behavior should not be acceptable. Society approves of these actions against women which is what lets it continue to be an issue today. In “The Quiet Violence of the Unwanted Kiss” and “Should We Feed the Trolls?”, Cauterucci and LaFrance are addressing this problem by working to raise awareness about the abuse women face in-person and on social media.

Bowman believes it is a grand issue that needs attention and help from the judiciary. Bowman gives her feminist perspective as she believes women are simply victimized by walking on the street. She gives examples of how men speak vulgarly to women and women have to put up with street harassment when alone. As men harass women they take away women’s freedom of privacy and make women believe they’re better off at home rather than out in public.

Every 98 seconds an American is sexual assaulted across America. 1 in 6 American women have been raped or an attempted rape. According to RAINN 4 in 10 women have had an abortion, while 1 in 8 maternal deaths are caused by unsafe abortion. Women’s rights are human rights, around the world women are being denied rights, here in America women don’t have equal pay, rights over their own bodies are in converse, in Africa and the middle east, girls and women are being stolen from their homes and from their schools. Women’s rights are an important topic because women’s rights are human rights, this should matter to all people because this issue is a social injustice all round the world, that has negatively affected women for years. Women should have the same rights as men because many women face systematic oppression, many women are despotism relation to their male counterparts, and the general population is unaware of the seriousness of the issues.

Anyway, since women have been treated as objects even till this present we should be able to more than to just be quiet and not do something. These women shouldn’t be able to put up with these kind of things

Just as Martin Luther King, Jr. knew “through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed,” (King 227) in the fight to end segregation, the same goes for women’s rights. King learned through his time spent trying to achieve justice that if people do not actively try to carry out their goals, then nothing will be done. Women have always been seen as inferior to men in the society we live in. Unless women are able to break out of these roles they have been placed in, these deeply rooted problems will not be

Catcalling is the act of whistling, shouting, or commenting at a woman passing by in a sexual nature. In October, 2014 a video named “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman” was released addressing the issue of catcalling and it went viral. In this video, a woman filmed herself walking the streets of Manhattan, New York for ten hours, simply wearing a t-shirt and some jeans. In that 10 hours, she receives over 100 instances of verbal street harassment. This video truly shows what millions of women all around the world have to deal with every day. These men claim that what they’re saying are merely “compliments” but this behavior is anything but complimentary. By making these comments, they are suggesting an interest in sexual behaviors which is demeaning and objectifying to women, not at all flattering. Women do not appreciate this behavior, it feels frightening, perverse, and degrading. Catcalling is a form of sexual harassment that needs to

“This Lesbian Breaks Down Exactly Why Catcalling Sucks So Much” was an article written by Jenny Block in response to “Hey Ladies – Catcalls are Flattering! Deal With It” by Doree Lewak. In the article Block takes Lewak’s arguments line by line and gives her reasonings as to why cat-calling is offensive to women. Block had one purpose for writing this article, she wanted to express to Lewak as to why catcalls are not flattering. Lewak believes that they are and that they give her a sense of confidence. Block thinks that catcalls are “bullets and they are aimed right at the heart of what women have been fighting to be seen as for decades: people.” This is the main thesis of her whole article even though it isn’t addressed until the last sentence. The whole article is seemingly addressed towards Lewak which makes her the primary audience. That can be seen in the concluding paragraph when Block writes “Let me ask you this, Lewak…” Jenny Block used Lewak’s article to make a very convincing counter argument for an issue that women have been fighting against for ages. Block is able to bring a new found light to this argument by keeping in mind the view that most women have about catcalling being offensive because it objectifies them, the relevance of the issue in today’s society and how the problem increasingly gets worse and worse, and by using Lewak’s article to ignite a flame giving more substance and an advantage with this persuasive article.

Firstly, Women are less privileged in today 's society because of the overwhelming numbers of sexualy based crimes and harrasments. Women face harassment on a daily basis, even in the western society women are troubled with the fear of these humiliating and often violent forms of discrimination. Sexual harassment and violence is a vast topic because of the different forms in which it takes. but the most common forms consist of catcalling, unwanted sexual

To understand how sexually suggestive catcalling affects a person’s levels of discomfort, we must understand what being catcalled means to both the male and female genders. For women, being catcalled is uncomfortable for the reason that it is a stranger yelling sometimes sexual comments at them. There is a chance that the catcaller might follow the woman, but usually in a crowded street it would not go further than that. If a man is brave enough to catcall a woman in public, he is definitely brave enough to follow her. Women know this can happen if they get catcalled, so it creates more discomfort when a woman is actually catcalled. An example of this is that in an interview with The Guardian, Shoshana Roberts said that catcalling “disrupts my daily life, not only does it stop my train of thought, but it creates unnecessary stress,” (Vultaggio par. 2). To put it another way, Roberts explains that catcalling creates unnecessary stress in her life. Unnecessary stress and discomfort can ruin someone’s day entirely. Now that we understand the female views on catcalling, we must now talk about the male side of catcalling.