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In reply to the discussion: Women in public, no matter how they're dressed, are not "inviting" ANYTHING. [View all]redqueen
(115,103 posts)See, the OP is about the fact that just because some women care to be interrupted, whistled at, stared at, etc., that does not mean ALL women do, and this means that NO ONE has the right to assume that they should feel free to do so. Choosing to do so makes one a rude asshole.
Street harassment, as well as treating women as if they should always be polite and accommodating anytime anyone demands their attention, are important issues. You may have noticed an increasing global awareness of these facts, and a push to educate people about what the problem is with these behaviors, and why they're wrong. A few people here have gone to great lengths and taken great pains to miss the point, but that's neither here nor there. Most understood the OP just fine, and the reason why is that those are the people who have been paying attention to feminist discourse about these issues.
The post I replied to, on the other hand, is cutting and pasting some unrelated crap which relates to an obsession that a few people have, and about which they seem to think is going to start some drama. The only problem is no one (but them) cares. So that makes it hilarious.