Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-43782881-20200803074517/@comment-43782881-20200803230855

'''My point in mentioning catcalling is not to suggest that it is the worst thing that anyone has to deal with, but that it is a very small but regular and consistent issue that women and girls deal with. And honestly, I’m not sure a lot of men, myself included, do actually understand what it’s like to be yelled at by random men, every day, completely unwanted attention, maybe even when they’re very young. You’ve heard about Chinese water torture? Drip, drip, drip, etc. on your head. For hours. Days. How about an entire portion of your life? From hearing women’s accounts of the experience, I think a lot of men, if they actually had to deal with this, would be ready to beat someone senseless. But women can’t do that. Because they’re smaller. Not as strong. Because a physical retaliation to verbal comments would be viewed as an escalation and she would be punished. Because the man is exercising his power and making her feel small on purpose, and so she has to put up with it. '''