Did women used to enjoy being catcalled?

This! 👏👏

EVERY woman and girl that walked past? I think that's highly unlikely.

I never said that you blamed women. Perhaps it was my phrasing - I meant to say that women get blamed.
Who doesn't believe genuine claims of sexual assault and why? Some people blame women for this. I do not.
Those on here being critical of sexual harassment are not responsible for police and court system which lets women down continuously on this matter.

I'm not remotely 'blaming women'. I'm blaming the people who won't believe genuine claims of sexual assault.

OP: "V grateful if women of age 55+ only vote

People: "I'm only 38 but...."

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Dear lord - imagine being flattered by some random bloke shouting obscenities at you. It saddens me that some girls and women are, but then we've seen sad stories upthread about abused girls with little validation, so it figures 😞

Not ridiculous. I wasn't likening them, it was simply an either/or scenario. As in either making a comment or a 'pass' at someone.

Seriously, some people really need to get out more...

I will disagree. Women tend not to be believed when it's their word against a man's.
Again - why blame women?

That wasn't remotely what I meant.

I simply meant that if complaints are dominated by 'he called me this' or 'he put his hand on my shoulder' then when a man does far, FAR worse to a woman, there's a chance she won't be believed.

You can disagree. That's fine.

Like I said, that's your opinion. I disagree.

This. ^ I also think any woman who is 'flattered' by some knuckle-dragging oik cat-calling and hitting on her must have very low self esteem, and must be desperate for attention. I find it repugnant and gross, and I don't need any fucking bloke to validate me. I know my worth.

@Comedycook Yep, and I definitely don't look young and wouldn't call myself thin 😂

I wear a lot of makeup and have long hair, have a bit of gothic style so maybe that sets the pervs off
I don't find it flattering at all, I don't need men to comment on me. I feel like prey

What you are highlighting is true - it's not easy for girls and women now, but the question was to older women who were asked if they believed it to be enjoyable, back in the 60s/70s.
That things haven't progressed much is depressing.

No it was horrible. I can remember being 14 and having to walk past a building site. I was tall and had quite aarge bust. I used to cross over to the opposite side and try and hide behind the cars. They shouted awful things.

Younger women have their own hideous things to deal with though: sexting, nude selfies, dick pics, upskirting etc.

Sorry, added as a reply to your message by mistake.

I'm mid 50s and remember being cat called on a regular basis. It didn't register hugely with me and I certainly never felt intimidated or abused, or whatever. I just saw it as much the same as any bloke coming up to me in a bar and asking if he could buy me a drink etc. They were displaying their appreciation, I guess? All vaguely shallow and silly.

It probably helped that my self esteem was always fine and I was never easily cowed. If I liked the look of them I would wolf whistle back, a proper, piercing 2 finger whistle.

Why? Are you planning to move to facilitate these?

Is it that you don't believe me. Will it soften the blow if I tell you that I also get shouted 'Oi!'?

Gawd - where are you that you get catcalled - I’m in south Scotland and haven’t heard this for ever.

This is what the issue is, isn't it? The women who like this dog-whistling from men, who feel flattered by it, are having the scales falling from their eyes in the realisation that this disgusting knuckle-dragging behaviour isn't reserved for the young and pretty. That must be a real sucker punch for those women.

I dress well, generally am quite a cheerful person and I'm mostly along when I'm out walking. I'm not young (I'm 56) and certainly not beautiful - but I'm a woman. That is the only qualification needed. It's about power, not attractiveness. Sorry to say it, think it's because you're young and pretty if you like.

These morons do not whistle at men, they leave men alone. It is women who are the targets, we always have been and always will be.

56 year old here. No, it was horrible. YA definitely NBA.

It still happens to me and I'm 56. It's not down to attractiveness at all it's down to a woman going about her business and not taking notice of men. They feel butthurt about that and it's their tiny-mind mission to remind women that they, the MEN, have every right to insert themselves into a woman's day. Any woman's day.

I'm guessing that because you didn't mind this, you smiled/simpered and so played the game. If you had ignored them or told them to fuck off (which they would have rightly deserved), you would have likely received a volley of abuse for daring not to be flattered.

I won't judge you for enjoying this tripe if you don't judge me or other women who don't like it and please don't denigrate our experiences because they aren't yours.

I'm almost 60. I hated it. My mum hated it too.

However, she also held women somehow responsible for it.

I hated being catcalled then and I wouldn't like it now. However, some women have a different viewpoint. IMHE they are the same women who thought that Page 3 girls were harmless and didn't like to think about it too deeply because the thought of a creepy middle-age bloke lusting over them made hem feel queasy.

Really? I'm 42, not hideous looking and don't experience anything like this. Not saying I don't believe you by the way...it's just not something that I experience. When I was younger and prettier and thinner, cat calling and whistling were much more frequent.