#Catcalling

[whereifindsanity]

Hahaha!

[wuornosreincarnate]

Just had a conversation with a man about the ‘it’s not all men’ debate.

He proceeded to argue that it’s ‘not all men’ because he would personally never verbally or physically assault a woman .. then he went on to recount a story about his friends catcalling women in front of him as an example ‘I’d never do that’ he said.

But would you speak up? Would you tell them it’s wrong? Would you stand up for the woman? Or would you laugh it off for some male validation.

It was the latter. ‘It’s just a joke’ he said, ‘it’s not the deep’ he said.

Tell that to the girl who’s walking home in the dark with one headphone out, her keys between her knuckles, her location sharing on and who shouts ‘I’m home’ to an empty house in case she was followed.

It baffles me that men can’t come to the understanding that enabling and normalising misogyny makes you just as bad.

[rileyav]

>:]

[getawayfox]

[konzilijum]

Another old zine just a little retouched. :3

Inspired by riot grrrl and feminist movement, hopimg this will raise some awareness on women's issues. Feel free to talk about your own experiences in the comments or tags!

Soon there will be a scanned verison, most likely free for multiplying.

Unfortunately I don't remember the source of the images, could possibly be pinterest.

Apologies for shitty image quality!

-PETAR D. A.

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[asterleil]

I hate men so much ughh. I was walking back home from the mosque, just chilling, and I walk towards this guy (about 40 or 30) leaning on his car. Not towards him, but he was in my general direction. I don't really pay much attention to him. But as I walk past him, he sais something. I did not listen well, because I'm usually spaced out 99.9% of the time, but what I do hear lets me know it was NOT polite. "Something something my car broke down something something (I can't even tell if he was talking to me during that point). "Something something what're you looking so sweet for pretty thing?(at this point I was very much speedwalking past him so I did not hear the rest) Something something something. " and for the small time I was making eye contact he has this very douchebag esque smile on his face while staring at me. Ew.

BRO. WHY. DO YOU NOT FEAR ALLAH? DO YOU NOT FEEL HUMAN SHAME?

Men disgust me.

I dare someone to ask me what I was wearing because I will shatter your preci little worldview so fast it'll make your head spin.

[twiggybeing]

Ok some Im walking somewhere, and this guy starts walking the same direction.

After a while he stops me and in a shaky and anxious tells me I'm cute, asks what I go by and then I think he asked me if I want to give him head...

What are men

[sillysparklygal]

I think anyone who catcalls people or wolf whistles needs to be boiled

[lostboyswife]

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬: “𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐤” – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 (𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞)

requested by: @cutecat2005

Everyone was curious about the mask,but the Bowers Gang was obsessed The moment they saw you walk into school—mysterious, quiet, dressed like you didn’t give a damn what anyone thought—they needed to know what was underneath.

🖤 Catcalling became their sport.

Henry Bowers would smirk and say things like:

“Hey, sweetheart, what are you hiding under that mask? Bet it’s not just your attitude.”

“C’mon, give us a smile. Or whatever’s left of it.”

Patrick Hockstetter would be more disgusting, whispering:

“I bet she's a freak under there. The good kind.”

“You ever let a guy take that thing off for you, baby?”

Victor Criss tried to be slick:

“Why so shy, mystery girl? I bet you're smokin' under there. Give us a peek, yeah?”

Belch mostly just laughed and backed them up, though even he looked a little uncomfortable sometimes when Patrick got too weird.They’d follow you down the hall,whistling, making kissy noises, mocking the fact you never talked back. Henry hated that you didn’t flinch—it made you more of a challenge.

🖤They called you nicknames constantly:

“Muzzle”

“Phantom girl”

“Silent freak”

“Mouthless”

🖤 You never responded. Never took the bait. That made it worse.

You were a statue,elegant and unreadable.

And they couldn’t stand not being in control.

One time.Henry cornered you near the gym lockers and said, “What’s the matter, babe? Cat got your tongue—or did you cut it out yourself?”

You just stared at him, tilting your head slightly. He felt something in his stomach drop —and didn’t know why.

🖤 They thought they were breaking you down, but you were keeping score.

Every word.

Every look.

Every laugh.

🖤 That’s what made your revenge so perfect later.

Because when they finally pulled your mask off…

All the cockiness died.

Replaced by something raw, primal: fear.

🖤 The catcalling stopped that day.

So did the bullying.

They never told anyone what they saw.

And you?

You still wore the mask.

Because it wasn’t hiding your shame

…it was keeping them safe.

[doinkdoinkdonk]

via cliffcisneros on instagram

[all-hail-blood-sheep]

not allowed to be catcalled anymore because a guy said I have a nice body and I said “thanks it has pockets!” and pointed at my crotch and he started crying

[redr0sewrites]

if i hear the word gyat during my classes one more time im going to start licking the school floors until i contract some incurable disease from the years of mildew and cockroach guts on those floors and die

[potatothemouse]

Seeing romantic feelings on tv

Receiving romantic feeling in real life

[musings-ofa-muse]

Everyday I spend 15-20 minutes walking to my tuition classes and what i dread the most is the 5 minute walk through a busy street with men on motorbikes slowing down to stare at me.

A few days back, i turned to my left to look at a puppy briefly and when I turned, two men on a bike were right next to me, the one sitting at the back had turned to look at me and was barely 3 inches away. Naturally, since I hadn't expected that two people woukd be so close to me out of nowhere and I was a little off guard, I flinched. And the man at the back had the most sinister "smile" on his face seeing my reaction. I spent the 20 minutes before my class trying to calm down.

Since then, I'm carrying a pen in my pocket.

Yesterday again, i was walking to my class and another man very obviously turned to look at me and I was 2 seconds away from using the pen.

These are the two of more obvious times when this has happened but the countless men of all ages turning to stare hasn't gone unnoticed by me and hasn't made this daily occurrence any less unnerving.

A week back, i was walking back home from a class with two friends of mine while a man had eye contact with me out of nowhere. He was crossing the road to walk into the street I was walking by and I looked towards him only because I saw him walking in my direction and realised I had to move to make way for him (the entrance to the street was pretty narrow and there were 3 people ahead of me and a few behind me). Almost automatically, he started following me. At one point, my female friend was a little ahead of me and my male friend was ahead of her (We were in a file because of oncoming traffic) and the man moved right next to me and said something about being friends. I ignored and continued walking. The man walked ahead and stopped by a street side vendor and kept looking towards us until we had passed by him. I had to walk the remaining half of the way alone that day because the friend that usually accompanies me wasn't there.

The relief i felt when he stopped following and I reached home alive and well can't be described.

My point here is that everyday women and girls all around experience something like this. Something involving men that makes them carry objects in their bags and pockets for defence. That makes them spend 20 minutes reassuring themselves that they are safe now. That makes them gulp down glass after glass of water when they reach home and be DAMN GLAD they weren't raped or assaulted or physically harmed in any way.

My point here is that I DONT WANT TO DREAD WALKING TO MY CLASSES. I DONT WANT TO ME AFRAID OF EVERY MAN WHO LOOKS MY WAY EVEN WHEN HE HAS NO HARMFUL INTENTION. I DONT WANT TO HAVE TO PRAY THAT THE GUY FROM MY CLASSES WALKS WITH ME EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT PARTICULARLY FOND OF HIM JUST SO OTHER MEN WITH VIOLENT INTENTIONS WOULD LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.

I DONT WANT TO BE UNSAFE IN MY OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD. I DONT WANT TO BE UNSAFE IN MY OWN CITY.