Austin TX runner seeks to make cat-calling illegal

Chewbaccca wrote:

I have to admit I often cat-call women but otherwise Iwouldhave no interaction with women period. I get squeamish talking to a woman like a normal person. Cat-calling provides me with a sense of security.

Chewbacca - please don't be ashamed in your inability to talk to women in a civil manner. I assist people in overcoming their fears. I think I can help you grow into a more mature adult. I can help too with incessant profanity and juvenileness. Please call me at 713-832-2209.

Cindy

Runningart2004 wrote:

Also, your intent doesn't matter. How it is perceived by the other party and others is what determines whether or not something is sexual harrassment.

Stop sexually harassing me, you pig!

Counselor of people wrote:

Chewbaccca wrote:

I have to admit I often cat-call women but otherwise Iwouldhave no interaction with women period. I get squeamish talking to a woman like a normal person. Cat-calling provides me with a sense of security.

Chewbacca - please don't be ashamed in your inability to talk to women in a civil manner. I assist people in overcoming their fears. I think I can help you grow into a more mature adult. I can help too with incessant profanity and juvenileness. Please call me at 713-832-2209.

Cindy

LOL. Heterosexuals.

incarcerate that criminal now! wrote:

Runningart2004 wrote:

Also, your intent doesn't matter. How it is perceived by the other party and others is what determines whether or not something is sexual harrassment.

Stop sexually harassing me, you pig!

But my loins desire you!!!

I am a skinny white guy, and i go out on the roads all of the time, I have been called f@g, pu$$y, anorexic, people blare their horn at me, people stare at me like I have 5 heads and during my junior year of high school there was a few times where trash was thrown at our group on a run. I don't complain or go to my local news, you know what I do? I ignore it and it doesn't affect me one bit. How insecure do you have to be to not only go on your local news, but to actually try and get a law passed that would take the supreme court or any competent politician about 8 seconds to decide on? This is just someone who wants to feel pity from society and have people feel bad for her, kind of like how Mike Rossi wants people to think he is a good runner.

And if she is homosexual and is angry that she is being hit on/catcalled by heterosexual guys, that is ridiculous. Besides the catcalling, if you are only worried about sexual orientation, then you are a complete moron. It is nearly impossible to guess sexual orientation based off of clothing choice, appearence, weight, height, etc. unless you carry around a sign that says "I am gay". If you saw a person that you thought was attractive, would you not go up to them because they might be gay?

I am sure when she is out on the town with her fellow Lesbians they will puff up their chests and make out how tough and great they are as women. The superior race. But, the first cat-call from a guy will send her scurrying to the nearest reporter to express the outrage she feels for being violated in such a manner.

Viva Las Vegas wrote:

All the guys cat-calling her are the illegal immigrants who are standing on the corner looking for work. Maybe a few rednecks too. No one white and professional is doing any cat-calling.

No one of color and professional, either.

Dolt.

racism is legal and free speech. Calling some the N word won't get you ticketed.

This is ridiculous, I understand that it can get crazy out there and some times people push the limits. Yell offensive phrases but come on lady, men often time get yelled at as well when running. Often times people yell, noce shorts shorts homo, put some clothes on, go eat something and a wide variety of phrases. This subjecr swings botn ways, you just don't here about the other side of it for some reason.

Whats next your gonna ban people from speaking in public

xcguy0988 wrote:

This subjecr swings botn ways, you just don't here about the other side of it for some reason.

Not at all. Although I agree a few women can have negative sides, only men are pigs.

GD wrote:

xcguy0988 wrote:

This subjecr swings botn ways, you just don't here about the other side of it for some reason.

Not at all. Although I agree a few women can have negative sides, only men are pigs.

What a nice thing to say. Actually, women are often the most disgusting pigs.

I wanna shove wrote:

Hot reporter.

I think the honks were for her

Note to self, never post online when tires, holy spelling errors!

GD wrote:

xcguy0988 wrote:

This subjecr swings botn ways, you just don't here about the other side of it for some reason.

Not at all. Although I agree a few women can have negative sides, only men are pigs.

Hold on, you're calling men pigs... Isn't that behavior exactly what you were harping against? How can we move forward as a society if you insist on making sexist remarks?!?! You ought to be thrown in jail for a comment like that!

If she feels threatened, she should run with a small handgun or mace. Maybe even a camera phone to snap the license plate and sent it to the Austin PD.

If she feels offended, she should grow some thicker skin.

The trend in our country to try legislate morality is tearing at the fabric of our society.

There, I typed a logical response that is not insensitive to any demographic that I am aware of. Happy, GD?

I believe the term "blanket sexism/misogynism" was used earlier.Sounds familiar, eh GD?

Pot calling kettle black wrote:

GD wrote:

Not at all. Although I agree a few women can have negative sides, only men are pigs.

Hold on, you're calling men pigs... Isn't that behavior exactly what you were harping against? How can we move forward as a society if you insist on making sexist remarks?!?! You ought to be thrown in jail for a comment like that!

Cat-calling should be punishable by death, preferably via stoning

I don't see why it being a fine-able offense would be a problem. I myself do not cat-call or call people n-word or any other insulting thing. And I do not support people who do these things. So making it fine-able is fine by me.

People who only consider effect on free speech.. Is free speech that important to you that you should be allowed to say whatever, no matter how badly people will be affected?

In my opinion free speech is about being allowed to say meaningful things. Completely pointless things like cat-calling or calling someone n-word should not be part of free speech.

xcguy0988 wrote:

This is ridiculous, I understand that it can get crazy out there and some times people push the limits. Yell offensive phrases but come on lady, men often time get yelled at as well when running. Often times people yell, noce shorts shorts homo, put some clothes on, go eat something and a wide variety of phrases. This subjecr swings botn ways, you just don't here about the other side of it for some reason.

Whats next your gonna ban people from speaking in public

Perhaps if she didn't run on 183 Access Road she wouldn't encounter so much traffic, ergo, so many catcalls.