My name is not "Hey Baby"

Actually legally it is.

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?itemId=1073792616&type=RESOURCES

http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/harass.htm

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/stalking_and_harassment/

It's still not harassment. Fancying someone =/= harassment.

Completely different and you have missed the point. A passing remark in the street doesn't constitute stalking or bullying. It's just attention from a man you didn't want.

To be honest does it even affect you? Unless you literally dress half naked then just ignore them. Isn't the end of the world.

There were more than a few men at these Slutwalks you know (again, if you'd listened to the radio programme you'd have known this...)

And as I explained further up - fancying someone (whoever it is) is not harassment.

Men like you need to learn that women dont dress for your benefit.

Men like you need to learn that women dont dress for your benefit.

No, but it does constitute harassment where it is unwanted and, here's the important thing, disrespectful.

Indeed, but I wasn't talking about harrassment. I was continuing from TheHansa's suggestion that you are objectifying men, and your response stating that fictional characters don't count. To put it another way: David Tennant is not a fictional character, and you are objectifying him.

Now, if you want to return to your original discussion of harrassment, then I would suggest that objectification can be a form of harrassment. How would you feel if you found out that I had posters of you in a bikini all over my bedroom walls?

What? I'm saying they dress for their own benefit because it is attractive to guys. Even if it's just to make themselves feel better and feel like they look better then it's still based on the fact it is attractive to men, therefore they want to know they can get mens attention.

No, but it does constitute harassment where it is unwanted and, here's the important thing, disrespectful.

"You look lovely today" is a compliment. "Oi oi sexy" is not.

So let me get this straight.

Women want men to do the approaching etc when it comes to 'making the first move' as a general rule, however don't want men to be flirty or use 'derogatory' phrases.

The women out there who aren't radical feminists also don't want men to pay them any attention whatsoever despite all the time, effort and money they put into their appearance. They want intelligent, matter of fact interactions where men never look at their breasts or compliment them on any aspect of their appearance whatsoever. If they do comment, it should be limited to expressions more typical of a country gentleman and not 'hey baby', the most offensive phrase in the English language.

I am of course being facetious and sarcastic. Feminists need to understand that not all women share their views, and some actually LIKE to be objectified and drooled over. Why do you think they go out on a Friday night with a skirt up to their knickers and breasts pushed up to the ceiling? So they can be completely ignored and have no 'perverted' men approach them. Yeah of course they do. And what about the legions of women who fall over themselves to have pictures taken for magazines such as Nuts and Zoo. Do you think they hate attention?

Feminists need to realise that not all women want the kind of equality and responsibility in society that they crave and realise that some actually like typical male attention.

Absolute rubbish, if someone doesn't like it then they should say. It is only if it then continues that is is harassment.

I think the slutwalkers are hypocrites.

It may be disrespectful but making a big deal about it is only going to alienate real men. Look at Japan, everyone there is so polite the men are actually afraid of complimenting women incase they offend them. If you don't believe me google it, it is a huge problem there.

Women need to stop being oversensitive about an issue that is way smaller than they are making it out to be.

It may be disrespectful but making a big deal about it is only going to alienate real men. Look at Japan, everyone there is so polite the men are actually afraid of complimenting women incase they offend them. If you don't believe me google it, it is a huge problem there.

Women need to stop being oversensitive about an issue that is way smaller than they are making it out to be.

But the OP is about harassment. Again, fancying someone is not.

If you had pictures of me then first of all I'd like to know where you got them as I certainly never posed for them and I probably don't know you so I can only assume you've been stalking me - definitely creepy and illegal. However, if a celebrity is intentionally posing for pictures in a bikini to put on posters to sell (which is where you'd get them from perfectly legally) for people to buy and do whatever with - fair enough. If I was a celebrity then personally I wouldn't be posing like that, but if they want to make money out of it then it's up to them! I'm still not sure where you're going with this. Harassing people on the street isn't really comparable to fancying a celebrity (unless you're going to stalk them of course).

Because women should be able to dress however they want without fear of being harassed for it?

I tried dressing provocatively and was quite disappointed to find no women violated any boundaries when giving me attention. Actually they didn't give me any attention at all. Now I have to return those leather chaps and leopard print half-shirt back to the store.

In all seriousness people should be polite no matter what you wear. With laws of attraction and rituals of flirting there are grey areas though. I would say a smile and a "hey baby" is alright. A "hey baby, get out your tits" is not.