Anti-Street Harassment UK- a new feminist group.

O.o you perplex me, and not in a good way. "men usually aren't violent to woman"?! oh, dear boy, you have a lot to learn about the world.

O.o you perplex me, and not in a good way. "men usually aren't violent to woman"?! oh, dear boy, you have a lot to learn about the world.

See, that's what annoys me about these feminist groups.

You want one standard for men shouting things at women, and another standard for women shouting things at men.

In my opinion, groping and harassment are bad, and women shouldn't have to feel threatened walking down the street.

But consider this for a moment, it may not be the act of groping which women dislike, could it possibly be the person doing the groping?

Nobody wants to be harassed by this guy


But if it was a good looking guy, would you feel the same


You get the idea. Attractive vs unattractive. Now I'm not saying this justifies those mens behaviour, what I am suggesting that perhaps it isn't the act itself which women dislike, rather, the person who is calling to them.

Thoughts?

This is already well known. I will find it amusing if someone tries to refute it though.

Another interesting point:

Girls want to be exempt from being stared at in the street. Builder leers and its harassment.

But this guy can stare at you and watch you while you sleep and suddenly its romantic

"Men are more likely to be the victims of violent crime than women. Over 5 per cent of men and just under 3 per cent of women aged 16 and over in England and Wales were the victims of some sort of violence in the twelve months prior to interview in 2002/03. Men and women aged 16 to 24 are the most at risk age group. Around 15 per cent of men and 7 per cent women of this age reporting that some sort of violence had been used against them.

Domestic violence is the only category of violence where the risks for women are higher than for men. Risks of stranger violence remain substantially greater for men than for women, with men four times more likely than women to suffer this form of attack.

Despite being more likely to be the victim of crime, men are less worried than women about most types of crime. Women are between two and three times more likely than men to be very worried about being mugged or physically attacked and five times more likely than men to be very worried about being raped. Roughly equal proportions of men and women are worried about theft of, or from, a car."

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=442

And oh look women are more worried about being attacked according to this. Maybe its the feminist culture of OMG ALL men are absolute pigs who will mercilessly beat and rape you if they even catch a glimpse of you.

As for walking through a dark neighbourhood past a group of chavs, those statistics say I am more likely to be attacked than you. Because of the reason I stated before, even the thuggiest chavs will have some sort of moral issues with hitting a girl, no such issues for hitting guys they're free to do whatever they want and they frequently do.

There is no legitimacy to shouting stuff at a woman in the street, it's intimidating, objectifying, ungentlemanly and indecent.

Still, God only knows how they're supposed to "share photos" of their harassers

And for all you gropers in training who think your lecherous rights are being infringed......I suggest trying a US prison and being objectified for your bumhole by men twice your size. See if you still like it THEN

Imagine being a 30-40 year old man who's single and no matter how many bars and clubs and whatever he went to, he couldn't find a single girl that liked him back. How crushing would that feel. .

I'm not defending groping. But remarks?? Women have all the power in forming relationships, if a man is unattractive, he will be incredibly lonely. So these men get desperate. Then women dressing provocatively is like dangling meat infront of a hungry bears face, then getting suprised when it tries to take it.

So? Men are almost exclusively attacked by other men. That doesn't make anyone's worries less justified. Neither should the fact that men keep relatively quiet about their fears be lauded. If guys have as many troubles as they say they do then they should be the most supportive of things like this. This whole culture of "I'm too tough to care or show any emotion" that has been perpetuated by men in the past and in your post is the one of the main reasons young males are the most likely to commit suicide. So many young boys would kill to have someone to talk and relate to after suffering in silence for years but they can't for fear of being mocked. Only 1 in 5 British men will go to the doctors after becoming seriously ill, preferring instead to hide it or rely on self-diagnosis sites to cope. It has to end. There is nothing to ridicule about support groups. It is completely healthy and within women's nature to rely on social communication and networks to heal emotionally.When a girl gets dumped, has an argument with her boyfriend or suffers from anything in general, she'll immediately seek her friends. When anything bad happens to a guy, he has to shrug and is pressured into pretending nothing is wrong.

In my opinion, groping and harassment are bad, and women shouldn't have to feel threatened walking down the street.


Thoughts?

So? Men are almost exclusively attacked by other men. That doesn't make anyone's worries less justified. Neither should the fact that men keep relatively quiet about their fears be lauded. If guys have as many troubles as they say they do then they should be the most supportive of things like this. This whole culture of "I'm too tough to care or show any emotion" that has been perpetuated by men in the past and in your post is the one of the main reasons young males are the most likely to commit suicide. So many young boys would kill to have someone to talk and relate to after suffering in silence for years but they can't for fear of being mocked. Only 1 in 5 British men will go to the doctors after becoming seriously ill, preferring instead to hide it or rely on self-diagnosis sites to cope. It has to end. There is nothing to ridicule about support groups. It is completely healthy and within women's nature to rely on social communication and networks to heal emotionally.When a girl gets dumped, has an argument with her boyfriend or suffers from anything in general, she'll immediately seek her friends. When anything bad happens to a guy, he has to shrug and is pressured into pretending nothing is wrong.