Empty It Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Just heard on the radio that there are plans to criminalize cat calling and wolf whistling. Cat calling is definitely the sign of an absolute moron but the women on the radio texting in suggesting police should be hanging about outside building sites an industrial areas waiting for someone to be wolf whistled is just utterly ludicrous. A gay guy also called in to talk about him and his boyfriend wolf whistle men in the street and thought that it was harmless fun yet thought it was degrading and nasty to wolf whistle females, I don't see the difference? What's the P&B consensus should we be expecting an already stretched police force to deal with this and how would they go about getting convictions for cat calling? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 We need to criminalise your use of the letter Z here. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 We need to criminalise your use of the letter Z here.Typed out on my phone with auto correct on, I apologise profusely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, Empty It said: 3 minutes ago, craigkillie said: We need to criminalise your use of the letter Z here. Typed out on my phone with auto correct on, I apologise profusely. Thats all right love. Now put your knickers on and make us a cup of tea. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 If you can't let an attractive person pass you in the street without harassing them you're probably a pervert and a wrong 'un. I don't think we need police patrols going past building sites to deal with it though. This is essentially the olden days version of creepy men constantly commenting on the twitter feeds of attractive females in the (entirely misplaced and delusional) hope they'll one day get a shag out of it. I feel it can be dealt with in a similar fashion and a simple retort of "I'm not going to shag you m8" from the victim should suitably embarrass the cat caller in front of his similarly creepy pals. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 If you can't let an attractive person pass you in the street without harassing them you're probably a pervert and a wrong 'un. I don't think we need police patrols going past building sites to deal with it though. This is essentially the olden days version of creepy men constantly commenting on the twitter feeds of attractive females in the (entirely misplaced and delusional) hope they'll one day get a shag out of it. I feel it can be dealt with in a similar fashion and a simple retort of "I'm not going to shag you m8" from the victim should suitably embarrass the cat caller in front of his similarly creepy pals. Agreed, guys should definitely be self policing this shite aswell but it doesn't need police patrols. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 What's a cat call? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 minute ago, jimbaxters said: What's a cat call? Meow. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 If someone has to put up with this every day on the way to work, a law would give them the means to stop it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 20 minutes ago, Empty It said: Just heard on the radio that there are plans to criminalize cat calling and wolf whistling. Cat calling is definitely the sign of an absolute moron but the women on the radio texting in suggesting police should be hanging about outside building sites an industrial areas waiting for someone to be wolf whistled is just utterly ludicrous. A gay guy also called in to talk about him and his boyfriend wolf whistle men in the street and thought that it was harmless fun yet thought it was degrading and nasty to wolf whistle females, I don't see the difference? What's the P&B consensus should we be expecting an already stretched police force to deal with this and how would they go about getting convictions for cat calling? The issue is not so much the odd idiot who shouts / whistles stuff at women, it's more the fact that the criminal justice system is an utter joke where "real crimes" are more or less ignored or the guilty get off with complete jokes of sentences. If we can start clamping down on violent crime, organised crime and criminalise the like of cocaine use, then at that point by all means start tackling the "nuisance" stuff such as this, however until this point it's just a complete joke I'm afraid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, welshbairn said: If someone has to put up with this every day on the way to work, a law would give them the means to stop it. This, if it's a problem report it. There are far bigger fish to fry you only have to look at the Home office select committee appearance and Lord Frosts statement to realise we are being ruled by people with limited mental capacity let's not start inventing work for them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Many years ago I had a summer job on the roads at Stirling Council. Sometimes you heard on the radio something like "Stevie, where are you?" "Just out on an F.I., back in half an hour" An F.I. was reserved for sunny days when the girls were out and about wearing skimpy outfits. Stood for Fanny Inspection, where a guy or guys would get in a council van and drive about, looking at women. One guy in particular (not me) was prone to slowing down and wolf whistling all the time at passing girls. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Who would have guessed that a load of men don't think cat-calling is a big issue? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Once worked with a guy who thought he would be smart and shout abuse out the window of my fully sign written works van at a couple of young girls walking along the road. Don't know where he works now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) Let's bring out the old 'If the guy was hot the woman wouldn't mind' argument and fling it in the mix. I've done it loads of times and never had a bad reaction. Edited July 21, 2021 by 2426255 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The issue is not so much the odd idiot who shouts / whistles stuff at women, it's more the fact that the criminal justice system is an utter joke where "real crimes" are more or less ignored or the guilty get off with complete jokes of sentences. If we can start clamping down on violent crime, organised crime and criminalise the like of cocaine use, then at that point by all means start tackling the "nuisance" stuff such as this, however until this point it's just a complete joke I'm afraid.What about idiots who run their fingers through women's hair in nightclubs? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The mark of a complete moron. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 12 minutes ago, WATTOO said: If we can start clamping down on violent crime, organised crime and criminalise the like of cocaine use, Is cocaine use legal, like? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Anyway, who had WATTOO in the "First to deflect away from the issue" sweep? *checks notes* Ah yes, everybody. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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