A sign of the times?

[Deleted Member 1156]

Interesting comments from Joanna Lumley, I sense the 'easily offended' brigade are more likely to agree with Nottinghamshire police though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37562400

 

[351DRIVER]

Pathetic that someone reports that to the police

Had my ass grabbed a few times by chicks in bars, years ago.. should I have called the police and had them charged with sexual assault? Me being in my 20s, them in their 40s

Wasting police time with stupid complaints bugs the crap out of me

 

[bluewolf]

Not really expecting a balanced discussion on a golf forum are we? Try posting this on Mumsnet

 

[Pathetic Shark]

Thought it was going to be a thread about that great song from the 80s by The Belle Stars.

 

[351DRIVER]

Not really expecting a balanced discussion on a golf forum are we? Try posting this on Mumsnet

Mumsnet, so just had a look
interesting site
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2748822-My-partner-calls-me-****-face

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Comments can sometimes be intimidating, wolf whistles alone probably not. Being offended by a wolf whistle alone seems pretty pathetic to me. I've genuinely been wolf whistled once, many years ago by a young woman in a group of women. Blimey did it put a bounce in my step (yes I know it may have been a dare or sarcastic but in my head they meant it )

That mumsnet link was not what I was expecting. Why would you need to start a thread to know that is unacceptable?

 

[351DRIVER]

Comments can sometimes be intimidating, wolf whistles alone probably not. Being offended by a wolf whistle alone seems pretty pathetic to me. I've genuinely been wolf whistled once, many years ago by a young woman in a group of women. Blimey did it put a bounce in my step (yes I know it may have been a dare or sarcastic but in my head they meant it )

That was me, my dog had managed to get out of his harness

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Yeah, you keep telling yourself that was why you whistled :thup:

 

[bluewolf]

Mumsnet, so just had a look
interesting site
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2748822-My-partner-calls-me-****-face

Good isn't it? I've learned a lot about women from that site.. They're not all sugar and spice you know....

 

[User62651]

Waste of time reporting it to police but seriously a woman should be able to walk along the street in 2016 without a gang of builders whistling at her, 1970s behaviour that should stay there imho. It's mildly intimidating (to some women) group behaviour, doubt just one builder would whistle without an audience, more likely done for male group entertainment but it isn't appropriate particularly when aimed at a total stranger. Ask yourself if you would do it, I wouldn't.

 

[jp5]

Would you want your daughter being harassed by a group of men? I wouldn't.

 

[stokie_93]

Mumsnet, so just had a look
interesting site
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2748822-My-partner-calls-me-****-face

she still hasn't left me. Silly ****face

 

[Lord Tyrion]

she still hasn't left me. Silly ****face

:whoo::whoo:

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

Waste of time reporting it to police but seriously a woman should be able to walk along the street in 2016 without a gang of builders whistling at her, 1970s behaviour that should stay there imho. It's mildly intimidating (to some women) group behaviour, doubt just one builder would whistle without an audience, more likely done for male group entertainment but it isn't appropriate particularly when aimed at a total stranger. Ask yourself if you would do it, I wouldn't.

Basically, this. Lowest common denominator, meant to intimidate/show off.

 

[Kellfire]

"I would leave someone who called me this in a heartbeat. If I'd been married to him for 20 years with 10 kids I would bloody leave him."

A measured response from Mumsnet.

 

[BubbaP]

A measured response from Mumsnet.

To be fair there is probably a thread on Mumsnet taking the mick out of some of the stuff that is posted on here!

 

[bluewolf]

To be fair there is probably a thread on Mumsnet taking the mick out of some of the stuff that is posted on here!

If there was, it would be several hundred pages long and the vast majority of posts would contain a majority of swear words... They're a fearsome bunch, and I for one would not like to innocently wander in to one of their nights out....

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

When I was a kid, a wolfwhistle to a woman was a compliment.

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

When I was a kid, a wolfwhistle to a woman was a compliment.

Of course it was. And all the good women knew to stay at home, making their husbands tea and gossiping with the other wives.

In the 21st century we like (well, some of us do!) to consider women as equals, and try not to treat them in an intimidating or condescending manner, purely on the basis of their looks.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Of course it was. And all the good women knew to stay at home, making their husbands tea and gossiping with the other wives.

In the 21st century we like (well, some of us do!) to consider women as equals, and try not to treat them in an intimidating or condescending manner, purely on the basis of their looks.

Oh OK. Is it acceptable (in your world) for me to approach a strange woman and politely tell her she looks very nice today?

I'm also confused as to why you consider a compliment to be condescending?