Ti think whistling is not unfemi?

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I'm at a Rugby match go tigers and am whistling - proper fingers in moth for volume and passion at appropriate moments.

I'm so commited to the cause I took my invisalign out 🤣

There's 2 men in front of me have tutted and said that it's unladylike.

Wibu to tell them to eff off if they mutter again?

I didn't realise that whistling was penis dependant. Nor did I realise that a woman who watches a rugby match should behave like a 1950s housewife. Who knew genitals had so much to do with piercing mouth noises and watching people running up and down a field chasing a misshapen ball?
Next time you go to a match, maybe pack a few socks in your knickers to cover all the bases

My granny used to say, “A whistling woman, a crowing hen, brings the devil out of his den.”

She was born in 1891, though.

Each to their own, although a rugby match is an odd place to go if you dislike whistling. But why does the irritation have to be gendered?

As the OP has pointed out there seems to be no objection to men whistling.

Hahaha they were annoyed because you can whistle better than them. That’s what unladylike means IME - okay you’ve beaten me at this but that’s just Not Natural

I don't follow rugby so won't be going to rugby matches. I dislike it whether by man or woman, especially if I can't easily get away from it, e.g. at work.

I cannot abide whistling BUT I would attempt to join in with you just to piss them off more.

Tell them that page 3 was hardly ladylike either but I bet they never had a problem with that

I don't follow rugby either but it seems a very unlikely environment to get upset about someone whistling. Which is why the only logical explanation for their behaviour is good old-fashioned sexism.

I have changed my vote to YABU. I'd assumed you meant normal whistling.

A loud whistle, finger in the mouth type, repeated is pretty unpleasant. Wouldn't want that behind me. Fine, once to attract attention, but not as a sports celebration.

Unladylike wouldn't be my criticism though. Just inconsiderate. Neither sex should be that.

Please don't put your fingers in a moth ...

The answer to that is “I’m not a lady, I’m a woman.” Or “how would you categorise this behaviour?” as you slowly raise your middle finger

They can sod off but, having said that, I hate random whistling. It’s almost a phobia, it makes me angry and anxious. But at a rugby match? Crack on

You've just reminded me that my great grandma used to say that! She was born in 1914.

Can you not drink while wearing them? Or eat? Sorry totally missing the point here..

I've always wanted to be able to whistle using two fingers. Still haven't mastered it so I'm very impressed op!!

Of course it's not unfeminine. What's feminine or not feminine is a stupid concept and you should just ignore people who tell you to be more feminine. I still remember this random guy in a pub who tried to convince that drinking beer is not feminine and I should be drinking wine. Moron..I'm still annoyed about that.

To the other posters: If the whistling was hurting their ears or they didn't like you taking stuff out of your mouth then they should have said. Since they didn't I think we can assume that it was specifically a woman whistling that upset them.

Enjoy your game op!!

Because nobody whistles like they’re applauding a curtain call at the theatre, nobody cares what is ‘ladylike’, and nobody posts twee, jolly middle-class threads on Mumsnet in the middle of the game.

Would the Queen do it. I mean the late Queen. Absolutely not., That's my measuring stick. (Camilla might though!)

I’ve been going to football matches for 25 years and have never experienced ‘copious racist chanting’. I’ve been at one game where one person shouted something racist and was chucked out by stewards and banned. I’m not saying racism isn’t an issue in football - it’s an issue everywhere - but it isn’t tolerated by clubs or by the vast majority of fans.

I actually don’t mind rugby league, although I prefer football any day of the week. Rugby union is not for me, though (and also, in terms of race, Black people are underrepresented in rugby union both on and off the pitch, so if racism is something you’re keen to help stamp out and you were watching Leicester Tigers rather than Castleford Tigers, that’s something to think about).

Whistling is the worst sound in the world. Its high pitched and pointless espcially if just used as noise. My neighbour whistles tunes, it makes my ears bleed and i have asked him to stop, he has thank goodness. I also think its probably taking out your teeth line and the noise they are objecting to.