Last week I saw a video featuring a
woman named Shoshana Roberts that is an actress walking the streets
of New York and being catcalled by a bunch of different guys. When I
saw it I had a range of emotions and none of them were what would be
called “surprised.” Dudes catcall. Here in L.A I have said for
years that different races do it differently with Latino men being in
the lead for most hardcore at it. They will physically move women
with their gaze!
I had a lot of problems with this
video. A lot of men I read commenting on this did as well but I don't have
the angle that they're coming at it with. Just yesterday I had a guy
catcalling me. He tried three times. Yes, I am a dude in case anyone
is new here and puzzled. What you know about that West Hollywood Life? When I walked my cousin to her car and came back he whistled to
me and said “Hey, brother? Look over here!” Of course I didn't
because besides not being gay being whistled at will not get me to
respond to you. I'm not a dog.
Later on when a friends father came by
here comes this guy again whistling at me from across the street and
trying to get my attention. Now, I know this isn't on the level of
shit most women have to put up with. And since I have an alleged
penis chances are I can fight him off better than a chick that is
afraid to say “Back the fuck off, ya weirdo!”
Back to the video.
In this video Shoshana gets it from men
left and right. But while watching I asked myself quite a few times
“Is that catcalling?” Some of the guys just say “Hi” and
“Bless you” or called her beautiful. I understand wanting no one
to talk to you and no attention when you just don't wanna deal with
humanity. I call that days that end with the letter “Y.” But she
seemed to come across as rude. Does she have the right to not
respond? Of course. We can do whatever we want as humans. Except
breathe fire. Yet.
She is now getting death threats and
shit from people because of this video that has almost 20 million
views now. She said of making the video “I felt like crying and I
have occurrences in my past of sexual assault, so I wasn't even aware
necessarily of all the times people were saying things to me. I was
just going over in my head and reliving, unfortunately, these
memories while I was walking. I wanted to break down in tears.” At
one point a creeper follows her for five minutes saying nothing.
Someone needs to keep an eye on that guy for reals.
She doesn't need that shit. I know that
when people write things online or post videos they want the fame and
attention that comes with it. But people really need to realize that
once you put yourself out there that you will catch hell. As far as
some will see this is just a video with a poor little White girl
being harassed by a bunch of Black men while she is just walking down
the street. Speaking of the race issue...
There is almost nothing but Black guys
fucking with this girl. During a Reddit Q&A the director and guy
that filmed this via hidden camera Rob Bliss had to respond to people
who pointed out the fact that he left out other races. Seriously, New
York looked like Uganda according to this video.
“Honestly we did have a lot of white
dudes in this video, but for whatever reason it worked out that they
would be the ones to say something just in passing, or from a
distance off camera. This made their screen time fairly short by
comparison, but the numbers were relatively similar” Bliss said.
Uh-huh. I'm sure he didn't take into account the fact that the area
Shoshana walked for 10 hours are places she really does walk down and
apparently neither did she. Attention! We needs all the attentions!
At the end of this video a non-profit
organization called Hollaback! is mentioned and we are told how we
can donate to them. I wondered how you can donate to stop catcalling
so I went to their website to check it out. It seems like a lot of
bullshit honestly. This is some KONY2012 shit. “Street harassment
is one of the most pervasive forms of gender-based violence and one
of the least legislated against. Comments from 'You'd look good on
me' to groping, flashing and assault are a daily, global reality for
women and LGBTQ individuals. But it is rarely reported, and it's
culturally accepted as 'the price you pay' for being a woman or for
being gay. At Hollaback!, we don't buy it.”
They responded to the backlash that the
video got regarding the use of mostly Black men in the video saying
“First, we regret the unintended racial bias in the editing of the
video that over represents men of color. Although we appreciate Rob's
support, we are committed to showing the complete picture. It is our
hope and intention that this video will be the start of a series to
demonstrate that the type of harassment we're concerned about is
directed toward women of all races and ethnicities and conducted by
an equally diverse population of men.”
Well played. Because according to that video all you need to do is stay away from guys that look like me and you are golden. I saw some comments and videos where guys said they wished women would talk to them the way this woman in the video was talked to.
No you don't.
When watching this video I did think to
myself that I wish that a woman would compliment me once in a while.
I get maybe two a year and those are from friends. I have had women
eye-fuck me a few times in my life which seems to be something every
woman has occur all the time. I bet some women that never get a tenth
of the attention Shoshana got wishes they were in her shoes for one
day.
I'm not bashing the creator of this
video of the chick in it. I just need clarification on what the world
considers catcalling. If telling someone they are attractive or
saying hello is considered harassment then men are screwed. I
actually don't compliment women because of the guys that take the
shit too far. Even if they know I don't mean it in a creepy way I
still keep it to myself. I have some really beautiful friends and
meet pretty women and want to say “You look nice” but don't
because I don't want it to be taken the wrong way. I also know that
the way a guy looks that says this stuff goes a long way. Jon Hamm
won't get sent to HR for saying your dress makes you look hot.
Or bringing up VPL. |
I think guys that do what I consider
catcalling are just assholes. I don't even have to use the “What if
someone did that to you wife/girlfriend/daughter?” line. If you
want to talk to a woman know your audience. When I see a hot woman I
look for a moment and then I'm done. I don't need to have her look at
me by whistling or saying some weird shit. Just tell guys to stop
being creepy. This is the responsibility of guys that know guys that
do this and women that suffer from them.
Oh, and for the ones saying she was
wearing revealing clothing, welcome to now! Chicks wear tight pants,
see through leggings, and turtlenecks where their cleavage comes out.
If you can't handle that then leaving the house must drive you
insane. She has a tight shirt and tight jeans. I feel like Moriarty
in Sherlock.
In closing, stop talking to people.
Period. You see someone that is attractive just keep your mouth shut
and continue your day. Don't bless anyone. Even if they sneeze don't
say shit. If your girlfriend asks for your opinion about an outfit
just curl into a ball and punch yourself in the head. You don't want
to end up in a viral video.
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