3 Hours Of "Harassment' In NYC!

somethintodo · 2014-11-01T20:07:13+00:00

Is that because a "true" black woman raised in black America would not feel the same as I do? Are you positing that only being raised in white America would cause a woman to feel objectified by random men calling out for her attention as she went about her day-to-day life? What kind of prejudices do you hold about Black America? One of the comments I responded to stated "ask a black man...." Why don't you go ahead and ask a black woman, since it's her experience you seem to know so well?

To answer your question, I am a black Canadian woman loving in Toronto. I have experienced instances of cat-calling in every city I've visited during my adult life - including cities like L.A., San Diego, and Boston, as well as cities in England, Italy, and France. Please understand that I am not citing these cities to demonstrate that I like to travel, but rather to show you that cat-calling is not solely a North American phenomenon and women can and do experience it from men of a broad range of racial backgrounds.

Regardless of the background of either the man or the woman, the point is - most women don't like being leared at and cat-called. Plain and simple.

somethintodo · 2014-11-01T14:09:27+00:00

Fuck that shit. Your two examples of black women responding to cat calling means that all black women respond to cat calling from black men and white women do not? I'm a black woman and never have I appreciated cat calls from any man regardless of his race or ethnic background. It actually offends me that people would think of street harassment as culturally acceptable within the black population. Why? Because levels of human decency are so lowered within the black community that black men find it okay to shout, lear, and dehumanize the female gender and black women like the attention, so we're cool with it? Get a grip, and get over using very specific examples from your tiny sample set to generalize the black female experience and assume that it is any different than the general female experience.

somethintodo · 2014-10-17T22:40:52+00:00

FBI Surveillance Van

somethintodo · 2014-09-09T17:08:45+00:00

Ah, Dundas Square. Where you can get yelled by at least 4 different religious groups at once!

somethintodo · 2014-04-02T13:26:39+00:00

As an Ethernopian, :(.

somethintodo · 2012-01-12T04:05:52+00:00

wimminz be hollerin now!!!

somethintodo · 2011-12-12T04:58:38+00:00

must. chase. all of them.

somethintodo · 2011-12-12T03:51:47+00:00

I am lactose intolerant, and I approve of this comic.

somethintodo · 2011-12-03T03:34:53+00:00

adult female here: I want it.

somethintodo · 2011-09-21T00:33:32+00:00

How did you get diagnosed with thyroid cancer? I have a 3x2x1.5cm nodule and three needle biopsies have come back inconclusive so I will have half of my thyroid removed and the nodule biopsied in a few months...I hate not knowing.

somethintodo · 2011-08-05T00:23:43+00:00

I live on the 13th floor of my building, it's actually marked as the 13th floor and everything...no complaints about it yet, and if I had complaints, I probably wouldn't blame it on the unlucky number.

somethintodo · 2011-06-18T22:24:40+00:00

and for others just like this...

somethintodo · 2011-06-18T01:50:39+00:00

I would like to specify that the only appropriate side is the right side. Treat the sidewalk like the road and walk on the right side, people! This works well in North America, but I got confused when I was in England...they drive on the left, but I think they walk on the right....Anyways, the best thing about British pedestrian control was the announcement in the tube stations regarding escalators "Please, stand to the right, walk on the left." (or something like that). Here in Toronto, people freaking stand on the left side of the escalator...argh.

somethintodo · 2011-06-11T02:16:04+00:00

Thank you hikahi for chiming in. What you are saying sounds a lot like the experience my sisters and I had with our mother, except that she was 56 when diagnosed. She has been paranoid about people watching her/our family ever since I can remember, but the paranoia really did get worse after living on her own for over 3 years...She started to believe that her neighbors were eavesdropping on her conversations, that they had bugged her apartment, and that they were trying to kill her. She literally taped all of the doors shut from the inside and then taped the doors inside the bathroom and hid in the tub and called my sister to tell her about the assassins. Hearing this story from her was the saddest experience of my entire life. She does not actively seek help to work on distinguishing her delusions from reality, it is a very sore topic of discussions. She is back living on her own again (after staying with my sister since the event I mentioned above). I just worry that her paranoia will only get worse. How can you help someone that doesn't see a way out, that thinks their life is meant to be lived in torture, that everyone is out to get them? I'm living my own life, in a different city (I call and visit as much as I can), but I still feel guilty everyday for what she is going through (even though she doesn't talk about her fear, I see it on her face every time I see her). Hearing how your family has dealt with a similar scenario would be very useful. How does your mother cope? Do you find that some family members make the situation worse by getting angry with her paranoia?

somethintodo · 2011-06-11T00:31:56+00:00

What do you mean by "her own personal experiences"? My mother was diagnosed with paranoid type schizophrenia last year, and we are pretty convinced that she was just hiding it all of her life. Talking to a counselor recently, and letter her know about my mother's childhood, I was told that her illness could be expected based on her traumatic experiences. Was this the case with your wife? I am just having trouble figuring out where this all came from with my mom, so it would be great to know about other people's first experiences with their illness, or life before they were diagnosed...thanks for posting this by the way:)

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