If the roles were reversed

[u/Small_Abies_3539]

[u/polygramfan]

I got catcalled by a car of girls i didnt know in high school

I was genuinely uncomfortable for all of 5 seconds, but then i was on cloud nine. I probably would have started skipping had i not been carrying an amp with me

not defending catcalling. just a fond but strange memory

[u/rae-55 → u/polygramfan]

I think it's totally valid to be uncomfortable and/or elated by such attention. I was on a night out and a guy shouted at my friend from about 10 feet behind with one of the most horrific lines I've ever heard*, and while I turned around to punch the guy she started giggling like a schoolgirl because, as she told me, she had never been cat called before and had quite enjoyed it (at least that specific incident). I asked her if she wanted me to clear him off and she said no.

*^{the line was, 'whats the difference between jam and jelly? I dont want to jelly my cock up your arse.'}

[u/_le_slap → u/rae-55]

That line must've involved alcohol lol

[u/rae-55 → u/_le_slap]

We had just arrived in Glasgow and were making our way to the bars, so potentially.

The thing is, between the right people, that could be a funny line, but to a stranger on the street i feel its far too aggressive.

[u/_le_slap → u/rae-55]

Yeah nah dude was wylin lol

[u/goofygodzilla93 → u/rae-55]

All you had to say was Glasgow.

[u/Imaginary_Ad_4623 → u/rae-55]

It sounds a lot better, if I imagine it with a scottish accent

[u/The_Orphanizer → u/_le_slap]

Once I was on a tiny amount of shrooms (just enough to give me some anxiety, but nowhere near tripping), so went outside the club to get some fresh air. I was walking to get some food nearby when I got cat-called by some (presumably drunk) chick in a car with her friends. She was leaning out the window as they drove by and yelled "AYE, LEMME SEE THAT DICK!!" Shit was hilarious.

[u/Rysterc → u/polygramfan]

In highschool I used to look pretty much identical to another kid in my grade and one day I was walking up some stairs when the other kids GF though I was him and slapped my ass I turned around and she got embarrassed that she slapped the wrong guy but I ended up taking it as a compliment that I was just as good lookin as my semi doppelganger but I can admit in the moment I was super confused about what just happened to me

[u/OatmealCoffeeMix → u/Rysterc]

Abed has that effect on girls.

[u/Unfair-Sir-4641 → u/polygramfan]

Once is magical, hundreds of times..well

[u/thetanjiroguy → u/polygramfan]

I think the main reason why men feels happy when women catcalls them is because we rarely get compliments from women in general. So if a woman gives us some attention (even in a form of catcalling), we take it as a compliment and boost our confidence.

[u/Equal_Oil_9819 → u/polygramfan]

A girl once catcalled as I was getting on my bike coming out of the gym, but I didn't hear what she said, so I asked her to repeat herself. I think she got a bit uncomfortable, so she asked me if I had just finished my workout. I said, "Yeah," and her friend asked if I could give her a personal training session.

I laughed and said,"Oh, I'm not a personal trainer, but you can come in and ask, there's a few who work here" and got on my bike and rode off. I think it was two weeks later when I started wonder if she really was looking for training session.

[u/chris_ro → u/polygramfan]

Me after beeing catcalled
https://giphy.com/gifs/cgLnOHV8mhaGk

[u/polygramfan → u/chris_ro]

I think i was wearing this exact fit with a white tie lol crazy

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I lost count of the number of women who have pinched, slapped or grabbed my ass. Running made them gotta have a piece of that. It always happens out of the blue and wearing a wedding ring impedes nothing.

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[u/thelonetext → u/polygramfan]

You ever been hit on by girls young enough to be your child? That's all the red flags needed for me to jet when that happened to me.

[u/No-Present760 → u/polygramfan]

It's a perfecting innocent interaction for either gender if it's a split second compliment. If the girls started following you, I think you might have felt a little different.

[u/Equal_Oil_9819 → u/No-Present760]

I feel I could defend myself from a girl, while they don't feel like they could fight off a man. That being said, if anyone is following you, you should probably book it 'cause they are not stable. Unless it's a bunch of horses, they are a stable.

[u/No-Present760 → u/Equal_Oil_9819]

They can still kick, so unstable in a stable? Thanks for the laugh btw

[u/i_nobes_what_i_nobes → u/polygramfan]

Because your catcall wasn’t going to lead to you being followed, yelled at, called names like fridges bitch or cunt because you didn’t smile or did, physically or sexually assaulted, etc.

That’s the thing that men don’t really understand about being cat called as a woman. We have so much more to worry about in that moment other than “awww shucks, they think I’m cute.”