By Jeanie Lo
To all catcallers,
First off, no, being catcalled is not a compliment to me.
Let me repeat, NO. NO. NO.
Don’t tell me it’s a good thing because it means guys found me attractive. If they do, good — they can keep that opinion to themselves because this is not a gallery, and I’m not an object open for their appreciation. So you think a girl should know she is beautiful? She does, trust me, because people who are close to her, who actually know her personality and brains and habits will tell her that. There’s no need for guys who only know her exterior to give her that comment. We have too much superficiality in this world; don’t remind me there’s more.
Secondly, catcalls are unwarranted. I want to be able to walk down the streets without fearing this dude sitting at the stairs in front of me with his bro will be trying to grab my attention and hope that I will shoot him a smile (that will not happen, ever, unless it’s accompanied by a middle finger. And, even then I won’t because some people might get something vulgarly positive from that gesture). I don’t want to know I’m being measured from a scale of 0-10 of attractiveness. I’m a human being, not an object or an image. Just let me walk undisturbed and have my introverted down time. It’s downright freaky to hear someone yelling towards me when I’m just trying to get somewhere. Seriously, mind your own business.
And for those who think that I think too much, should I be glad to be appreciated aesthetically? Why, do you want me to thank your royal highness, that it’s my pleasure to evoke your attention because you’re a man? Such a show of generosity for complimenting me, but why don’t you try to implement some self-control and let your delicate thoughts incubate in your head instead of puking them out at me like some cows regurgitating undigested grass?
Dear male species, make the world a better place by stop giving unwarranted comments.
And if you have lady friends that enjoy being cat called? Nice, I will advise you to limit your expressions of appreciation to them. Know that not every female likes thou holy attention. But who am I to tell you what you should or should not do? After all, the sacredness of the first amendment, which just happens to be a bunch of linguistics and semantics, shall not be violated. Amirite?
Thanks.
Yours truly,
Jeanie Lo
