Aside from this being complete nonsense, consider this.

Ummm, no. After being in a class with someone, you are no longer a stranger on the street. You have hopefully demonstrated appropriate social behavior on multiple occasions, and she can be more confident that you're not going to grab her ass if she so much as returns your hello. Maybe you've even said something funny…

So you've never seen a woman flirt with you in a social situation? That you didn't engage with first? If that's the case, I would feel rather uncomfortable generalizing if I were you. I AM a woman, socialize with and interact online with mostly women, and I can guarantee you we do, in fact, initiate contact. It isn't…

your comment made me think of this...

You mean like walking close-up behind a man and whispering in his ear; "i want to put on my strap-on penis and fuck you in the ass!".

It is depressing how many people seem to think that "men cannot control themselves, so more restrictions need to be placed on women" is a totally valid and not sexist argument to make whenever things like this come up.

I just don't get why men are so up in arms to defend their "right" to cat call. I mean, has there ever been in instance in which a man has yelled "Hey baby, nice ass" to a woman he didn't know on the street and said woman has then walked over to him and replied "oh, my god! Thank you! I've been carrying this ass…

I don't want to "combat catcalling." I want dudes to realize they shouldn't do it and stop. There's nothing wrong with my behavior and everything wrong with theirs.

Is this an MRA troll or are you serious? Men harass women on the street because they can. Do you actually think that men will stop calling me a bitch, a cunt, or threaten to rape me because I refuse to give them my attention if women were "more proactive" in pursuing men? Do you think men would stop hitting women,…

And banned from appearing in public without a woman who can vouch for their behaviour.

Catcalling and street harassment are in NO WAY about pursuing romance or relationships. Please reference: the drive-by (honking or yelling something without stopping or — as happened to me last winter while I was biking bundled up in a wool coat — honking and doing that classy two-fingers-and-tongue gesture out the…

Then find another blog to comment on where everyone agrees with you.

Wow, persecution complex much.

if men "can't control themselves" then shouldn't they be put on a leash?

He lost me at "persuit." Tell him I said "shut up, re-take English 101, and do not breed."

I do not forget the men who gang raped me when I was 16. It's something that had an impact on my intimate relationships and my ability to trust - and no, there is no forgiveness.

Agreed. I don't think forgiveness is really all it's cracked up to be. You can accept it and move on, but that doesn't mean you have to forgive someone who committed a crime against you.

forgiveness is the strangest concept for me to understand. What does it mean? If it means, I absolve you of your punishment, fine, that's comprehensible. But if it doesn't mean that, what the hell is it. I speak as someone who has not forgiven my rapist. What I mean by that is that I'm still upset and I would still…

I'm with you. I will never forgive the man that sexually assaulted me at 15, nor will I forgive the man that raped me last year. I'm really touched by this woman's ability to do it, because I know some people can reach that forgiveness, and I think it's amazing. I'm just not sure I'm one of those people, and I'd like…

I applaud her courage and strength. But it's important to note that she didn't have to forgive him to be a good person. Forgiveness doesn't make anyone a better person, morally, than people who don't forgive — and if you're in a position like this, you should make whatever choice is right for you and your own recovery.