What is your most memorable experience with cat calling? How did it make you feel? This could be only one word or the whole story.
When I stood up for school people leader elections😉
Feel mad at them
I can safely say that no one has ever done anything that or anything like that to me, nor do I think they feel any compulsion to.
I've had quite a few encounters with cat calling here in Norton. When I go out for a run, it is not uncommon for a young male to yell out his window something like "sexy" or another questionable phrase. I never have much of a chance to respond because they're driving off into the distance, so I typically just shoot them a dirty look. When this happens it makes me feel like a piece of meat, like I'm not a human with real feelings, just some bimbo whose appearance serves as entertainment for males. Cat calling is quite disrespectful in my opinion.
I think a generally unpleasant experience is when a man is in your general vicinity walking on the street and they try to engage you in a conversation, but it has nothing to do with being friendly and other motives are obvious. When you ignore them or should something profane at them, then it turns to that you're just being a frigid, crazy bitch.
I was riding my bike in San Francisco and an adolescent boy screamed across an empty lot, "I wish my dick was your bicycle seat." He came toward me and I was scared and embarrassed.
I remember in middle school I was walking down the street with a guy friend and a passing car honked or shouted at my and I didn't know whether to swear at him or to just ignore it. I was livid!
I was walking to Walgreens alone, which already made me feel vulnerable. My roommate and I had gotten catcalled form cars when we walked there together. Sometimes it was flattering, but mostly it was annoying and crude. I had to stop and wait to cross the street and while standing there, a car full of young guys blasting music came up and slowed way down. The windows were open and several of them leaned out the windows and called "Heyyy!" "Woo woo!" And all manners of things. It wasn't as if I was dressed up or standing provocatively. It was the middle of winter, I was bundled up in many layers, so any evidence of my shape was hidden. But they didn't care about that, I was a girl, standing alone, trapped by the traffic, and had to listen to them. It felt gross and demeaning. I tried to flip them off after a few minutes of this but...I was wearing mittens. That was embarrassing.
One day, I was walking down a street in my neighborhood and a man on the top floor of an apartment called down as me and started showing some sexual gestures. I was so uncomfortable that I run down the street and was frightened every time I walked there. He has since moved away but I still feel uncomfortable and remember the experience every time I walk there.