To ask what your best comeback for being wolf-whistled at is?

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I've recently realised that I walk past groups of rowdy men very sheepishly if they have started doing the whole wolf-whistle thing as I approach.

I'm not attractive so I imagine they are doing out of sarcasm but I've got to the point where I want to be able to walk down the street without worrying that someone is going to comment or whistle. Sometimes I have the children with me and they still do it?!

I want to be one of those strong women who challenges this kind of behaviour - give me some comebacks!

Bark at them.

Can't remember.

Oh I'm my younger days when I was hot I used to feel so embarrassed and I'd develop the 'dodgy walk' where one leg seemed shorter than the other from pure anxiety...these days - mid 30's and alot less attractive I'm like ' thankyou' cheeky smile and a wave - I look like I'm accepting an Oscar or something!

*In not I'm

i moon them

How often does it happen, I have nt heard wolf whistling since the 1980s

After all they saying you look good which f you had a bad hair day came be amazing.

Err. What?

I got an "alright darling" and a horn honk from a van driver the other day. I haven't been catcalled in years, so I stupidly thought that it was in decline. I felt like slapping him. There was no way for me to retaliate or tell him to fuck off because I was walking (with my child) and he was driving past us.

Next time it happens, if it's in the street, I'm going to turn and play dumb and ask them if they meant me and what did they want. Usually I stare or ignore.

Dirty fucking leeches.

Not wolf whistling, but when I worked as a waitress, people would sometimes whistle to attract attention.

My boss used to say, "Have you lost your dog?"

Plummy that's brilliant!

Ah yes Rustic, the 'what do I do with my arms' walk.

ElizabethHoover ... were you correcting grammar then?

I don't think women over 40 should be grateful if a builder whistles at them As it means they still look good. God no.

My best one (way back many years ago when my arse wasn't the size of a bus) was just to stop, look them up and down and say 'no ' then carry on walking.

Surely southeastastra wins?

they are not doing it because you have a great ass or nice hair, rather to oppress you, please never be grateful.

Shout 'Willy willy willy' or whatever that MNer once shouted.

I have once told the offender that he should have gone to Specsavers but usually just make this face:

I Havnt heard a Wolf whistle in years anyway. Don't think that's just my age

Can't imagine any woman being morbidly offended by one anyway at any age. And an 'all right darling' is fine really isn't it.

Someone shouting obscenities or really personal stuff is different of course.

Case by case basis.

There is one possible solution. southeastastra has it.

'Fling them through my hair' legolego

And an 'all right darling' is fine really isn't it.

No.

wowser
I shall take note of that one

Maybe I should try each one of these each day this week and see which gets the best result. Starting with southeast' suggestion first

truffle why not? Sad world when we can't interact with strangers.

No to lewd remarks or personal stuff or nastiness but an 'alright darling' is fine by me.

Still each to own.

I usually give thr offender a quick up and
down, look a bit disgusted then look away laughing or smirking at how ugly they are. Regardless of how they look.

They always look so disappointed and deflated. But it's nice to make them feel judged.

My friend always shouts 'REALLY! I'M 15' at basically anyone that shouts anything at her. It appears to work on wolf whistles, cat calls, and the oxfam people trying to get you to sign up for a direct debit.

She's lovely really, but she won't take shit haha.