"You see, I made all the right moves to avoid them." - OMG you're so cold and cynical! You should've stayed in NYC! You're paranoid!

and you have a Napoleon complex and deep-seated issues about "the pretty women who always teased me or ignored me."
and if you, who has been physically assaulted by other men as many times as you claim you have, never ever put in place any barriers between you and them or make any moves to avoid them and still say…

Sadly, I try my best to have Chronic Bitch Face but since I am the spitting image of Molly Ringwald, it comes off as just cute and pouty. Which is probably why I get approached so much! Yes, I do avoid eye contact, that part you got right. I am, however, actually happy and friendly in most environments and when not…

I am operating from a place of experience. That's all. Am I generally a cynical person? No. But when I am walking around in this city, yeah, my guard is up. If that seems sad to you, then maybe rather than telling women how pathetic they are and how to feel, you tell the next man you hear cat call a woman to shut it.
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No one gets a reward for not continuing the cycle of cruelty. I had bullies in school that were male and female. I am not lumping you in with creeps, but I am saying that creeps approach me on hte street like you apparently do and I have to err on the side of my safety rather than your ego.

The thing is, I dont feel cold and cynical at all. I don't feel anything toward a stranger trying to chat me up. You are projecting on me what you *believe* I must be feeling because it makes you sad that I wouldn't feel all sunshiney at your greeting. Just because I ain't excited strange men talk to me does not mean…

So, women who don't respond to random hellos becaue she's been made to feel threatened for 15 years are cold and cynical. got it.

Actually, the entitlement is on your end if you think you are owed even a smile from a stranger you greet. By all means, keep saying whatever you want since you do whatever makes you feel good, but don't ever think a woman is rude if she ignores you.

Well, great. You have experienced something neither me nor my friends have ever experienced or witnessed. But "let's try to differentiate good manners from flirting." That's really not my job. I don't owe anyone a response, harmless or not, so as long as I keep getting assholes trying to get a date from me, I'll…

Keep saying good morning if you must. I cant tell you not to. But also dont think a woman is rude when she ignores you

I used to have a fauxhawk and I still got harassed. It is about power, you're right.

1.) I never said that every single interaction with a man on the street resulted in hitting on me or calling me a bitch. Just like the woman in the video, men say simply Hello and Good Morning all the time. I still dont answer because i dont know if it's harmless or fishing for a date. It could end there, or it could…

that's my point. these comments are not to "brighten a woman's day". It is men trying to get a date.

If women were as threatening to men and men are to women then there would be a problem. But, in June a friend was meeting me for dinner and we were dressed really nice. I was walking in a red dress and he was in a nice-looking suit. he got street harassed while walking through the "gayborhood" as it is known here. And…

I am going to assume you really are trying to understand this and were not trying to be hurtful. Because you were, in fact, hurtful and victim blamey but I am giving you the benefit of the doubt here.
Yes. I receive unwanted comments every single time I walk down the street. I don't live in the suburbs but I don't…

Thanks for completely discounting my life experience in which responding to a Hello or Good Morning results in random strangers striking up conversations, following me, asking for my number, asking where I live and getting pissed when I ask to be left alone.
Being followed home is not harmless. Maybe some ARE actually…

I live in Philly and visit DC monthly. I still dont see it.

Wrong. I volunteer for Hollaback! so I have stationed myself at street corners and tallied when men greeted women and greeted men. I've performed this a dozen times. In my experience, men don't acknowledge each other unless they are already friends. But any women are fair game.
And no, i dont stare at the side walk…

that's maddening, right? I have the added bonus of having tattoos which men think are just an open invite to ask me shit. "Cool tats." "Thanks." "You live around here?" "I'm not telling you where I live." "You dont have to be a bitch." /end scene

While you're correct that I'm a woman, you're wrong to make the assumption that my assessment is based on a singular culture/city/geographical location. I live in Philly now but grew up in a small town in Texas. Experienced the same bullshit in both locales.