Another Day, Another Mansplainer
A friend of mine posted something about catcalling and street harassment. To the absolute shock of … well, pretty much nobody, the very first comment on her post was a guy explaining why women shouldn’t be afraid of catcalling, and isn’t it funny how the women complaining aren’t the ones…
Hey, guys? Maybe you’re one of the GOOD ones. The NICE ones. The ones who are catcalling as a sincere compliment because you truly believe that’s the way women like to be addressed. (Oh, I’m sure you are. You are so special. And sensitive. You have the soul of a poet. It says so in your Tindr profile.)
Guess what? To borrow a phrase I heard…somewhere, can’t recall where…NOT ALL MEN are like that.
Many of them are raging assholes. Many of them are scary and insulting. Maybe, I dunno, you should deal with those guys. Because obviously by being scary and insulting, they are fucking up this precious beautiful catcalling thing that YOU do, which is totally emotionally healthy and leaves everyone feeling just marvelous about their day.
Yeah, you should definitely go work on that, Nice Man.
We’ll wait.