Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Street Harassment is Lame

I watched the video of the lady walking down the street being harassed. Google it. It's disgusting and disheartening. Anyway, I immediately thought two things:

1.) wow, she looks angry.

2.) what the hell is the intent of this video?

Okay. Do not get me wrong, I LOVE that this video was made and that it's bringing awareness to something that is incredible annoying and unfortunate for women. I cannot ever remember watching a gaggle of ladies chase after a man walking solo, nor have I ever seen just one woman approach a man she doesn't know on the street or in the mall, etc. to tell them how hot they are looking.  My point? This is probably just something that ladies have to deal with. Errr, but not 30-somethings that drive mini-vans and tote snotty nosed children around...if a man is calling out something to them, it's probably because they've dropped a sippy cup, left without paying for gas, or accidentally (on purpose) forgot a kid somewhere.

Deep thoughts here, but will this video PSA affect the men that are doing this? My bet is no. It will raise awareness for the masses and will shine a light on this to the people that already know better than to intentionally make a woman feel uncomfortable by sharing their douchey thoughts with them unprompted. But, I'm not thinking that some cat-calling a$$hat will watch that video and think "well, sh*t, I guess I don't have anything to do Saturday night, now. Maybe I'll go to church and grocery shop instead of attempt to talk to ladies I don't know on the street." Nope. Those guys aren't being reflective about this. They're wayyy too self-absorbed and arrogant to get anything from this. Let's all just take a second and feel bad for that lady just walked the street with her b*tch face on for 10 hours for nothing. I hope she got paid....per mile. Or per dumba$$ comment.

Effdis holds the stance that the men portrayed in this video are total idiots. They don't deserve respect because they aren't being respectful. I cannot imagine a single woman that would respond positively to this type of treatment, therefore, the only intent they must have is to intimidate. And ladies, if you are interested in a guy that intimidates you or makes you feel uncomfortable please start running---TO THERAPY. And before someone says "oh they're just kidding", guys that do this are not being funny. Harassment is not funny.

Sadly, this message will be preached to the choir. This message will not get to the people that need to hear it and even if it does, it won't affect them.

Share this message... with young woman that will experience it, but especially with young impressionable men that will have the choice between being respectful, or being intimidating.

And, if you have the opportunity FathersMothersCoachesTeachers, INTIMIDATE those young men into being respectful. It's your job, because it takes a village...

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