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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unwanted sexual attention has NOTHING to do with attractiveness. It’s about power. Men aren’t out there thinking “gee, if I honk and yell obscenities, she’ll go on a date with me.” The point is to objectify, humiliate, and intimidate.

They do it because women exist in public.  They do it because women exist in the workplace.  They do it because women exist in school.  They do it because a woman looks vulnerable or isolated, and they know they can get away with it. They do it because a woman looks strong and confident, and the man wants to take them down a peg.

Eight year olds or ninety year olds, miniskirts or sweatpants, high heels or combat boots, tall or short, skinny or fat, long hair or short, makeup or not - it DOES NOT MATTER what women look like or what they wear.  It’s about certain kinds of men being unable to share spaces with women without feeling emasculated.  For groups of men, harassing women can serve as a male bonding ritual or a demonstration of social status.

Women who appear to be “owned” by somebody (ie with another man or with children) don’t trigger this resentment, so they’re less likely to be on the receiving end of harassment.

For women, this is the environment we swim in. Some aren’t aware of it, just as fish aren’t aware of water.[/quote]

This is so very well said. I appreciate so many of the comments here that articulate so clearly what I and others have experienced.[/quote]

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