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Guardian Author Who Called for End of Catcalling now Regrets she is not Catcalled
The Social Memo ^ | 7/20/15 | Aurelius

Posted on 07/20/2015 11:26:47 AM PDT by rightistight

Writing for the Guardian, Jessica Valenti, feminist and mind-boggling hypocrite, called for the end of catcalling last year. Today, she published an article in which she said that she misses being catcalled.

The 2014 article was titled, "The end of hisses, whistles and stares: we need to walk the streets without fear." In it, Valenti concluded, "Whatever the method, something needs to be done. Because while street harassment is just one of many violations that American women endure, its prevalence is a clear message to women and men: there are no safe spaces for women. We need to be able to walk the street and simply be in public without fear."

Today, the same author penned an article originally titled "Men rarely catcall me any more. I hate that our culture makes me miss it." Valenti explains, "To my great shame, the thought of not being worth men’s notice bothers me, even though I’m a seasoned feminist and I know better."

Perhaps realizing the unbelievable hypocrisy, Valenti quickly changed the title of her new article to "One perk of older age? Fewer catcalls." Unfortunately for Valenti, on the internet things are not often forgotten:

Of course, Valenti goes on to blame "culture" for making her feel bad that she is no longer being catcalled.

She stunningly concludes her new article, "Being harassed on the street is not a compliment, and it surely has never felt like one. For most, if not all women, it can be scary and sometimes dangerous to deal with. But I can admit that - even as a seasoned feminist - sexism is a powerful enough force to still reside my head. Maybe by acknowledging as much I can begin to let it go."


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: feminism; feminist; theguardian
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To: Lazamataz

Looks like a tranny to me.


41 posted on 07/20/2015 11:49:54 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Lazamataz

LOL,L

Laughed out Loud, Literally!


42 posted on 07/20/2015 11:51:43 AM PDT by Tigercap
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To: rightistight

NOT cat-calling = micro-aggression. You sexists!


43 posted on 07/20/2015 11:53:00 AM PDT by Tigercap
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To: rightistight

The sound of IQ dropping like a stone.


44 posted on 07/20/2015 11:53:46 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump/Cruz '16)
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To: rightistight

http://twitchy.com/2014/11/30/jessica-valenti-cheers-planned-parenthood-at-the-hunger-games/


45 posted on 07/20/2015 11:55:53 AM PDT by Tigercap
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To: rightistight

I never found a problem with it
In fact I found it amusing, really.


46 posted on 07/20/2015 11:57:06 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: alstewartfan

I’ve been catcalled by girls, had my butt randomly pinched while walking through a crowd and on numerous occasions (4 that I recall) while at a concert had a random girl stand in front of me rubbing their rear on my crotch without saying a word. No complaints here though. I hesitate to post this but it’s true and catcalling is a two-way street. Don’t get me started on what the gay guys have said and tried to do to me over the years ...very disturbing.


47 posted on 07/20/2015 11:58:38 AM PDT by lwd
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To: rightistight; All

http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=MqgjTZQiySw


48 posted on 07/20/2015 12:00:55 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: lwd

Those women should have been cuffed and perp walked for what they did to you. AND their wages garnished to pay for your psychiatric bills. Anita Hill thought she had it bad! lol
As for the rump rangers, they would probably *look forward* to prison festivities.


49 posted on 07/20/2015 12:10:56 PM PDT by alstewartfan (If I should live to be seven I might forget Stephanie. Al Stewart)
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To: rightistight

You’d think this level of self-awareness would lead to the epiphany that it’s her belief system that’s the problem but no...nope. Libs reach that level so rarely that they stand out when they do.


50 posted on 07/20/2015 12:11:03 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal by any other name...)
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To: Cowboy Bob

She looks like she could be entered into the Preakness.

Yeah..why the long face, Jessica..?


51 posted on 07/20/2015 12:12:58 PM PDT by IrishBrigade (build)
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To: lwd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iYpboTjtoQ

Shameful video!


52 posted on 07/20/2015 12:14:29 PM PDT by alstewartfan (If I should live to be seven I might forget Stephanie. Al Stewart)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Which end of the horse?


53 posted on 07/20/2015 12:22:25 PM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: rightistight

Poor thing— a curry comb, dandy brush, bag of oats and an apple and she’ll be right as rain.


54 posted on 07/20/2015 12:22:41 PM PDT by LambSlave
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To: rightistight

If she ever got married, can you imagine the mixed signals she would send to her poor husband?


55 posted on 07/20/2015 12:23:55 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: rightistight
Women are like celebrities...they complaint about fans pestering them till the day everybody quits pestering them and their nobody in the crowd again

...here the deal
1. Unwanted attention because your hot
2. No attention because your not...
3. Unwanted attention because your ugly, crippled or stand out in some negative way

Don't complain unless it #3.

56 posted on 07/20/2015 12:28:15 PM PDT by tophat9000 (SCOTUS=Newspeak)
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To: rightistight

I may blow a Shafor due to approaching doom...

57 posted on 07/20/2015 12:34:58 PM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
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To: nickcarraway

So if a woman tells a guy she thinks he’s hot? What’s that called?


58 posted on 07/20/2015 12:40:39 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: rightistight
I hate when it happens to me...

59 posted on 07/20/2015 12:47:32 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Impy

Death before dishonor.


60 posted on 07/20/2015 4:00:59 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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