It's more in HOW it is said than WHAT is being said.
For instance, if you met me on the street and looked me in the eye with a nice smile and said, "Good morning!", then I'd reply in kind.
But if you leered at me, looked me up and down, grabbed at yourself, and then said 'Good morning' like some sleezeball then you'd be spending the rest of the day trying to get your testicles back down from your throat.
I agree with you. These jerks are not being “friendly.” They are inappropriately sexualizing a casual meeting.
I think it is very much a cultural thing. Very, very common in Latin cultures, and I guess it’s been adopted by blacks, or possibly it’s always been so. I think in some of the cases it is racial antagonism intended to make the white lady feel uncomfortable and reinforce the new racial hierarchy.
I’ve never done such a thing in my life, and AFAIK nobody I have ever been with has done it either. It is simply not the way a gentleman behaves, and no matter how unfashionable it is, I try to behave like a gentleman towards ladies.
At least to my mind, this is not intended to be friendly at all. It is black/latino on white and/or male on female harassment intended to make the white lady uncomfortable.
At which it seems to work quite well. Any person who isn’t dressing or acting in a way to draw attention to themselves should be able to walk down the street without being singled out and harassed or approached by strangers.
I am sorry to see so many conservatives denying this, to me, obvious truth. I understand that it is because the groups promoting this cause are feminist, angry and “progressive.” But even stopped clocks and blind squirrels, and all that.
It should be noted that the same people decrying this catcalling spend the last 50 years denigrating the concept of gentleman. To a considerable they, and a lot of innocent bystanders, are reaping what they have sown.
The same men who say there’s nothing wrong with this and the woman has a lot of nerve complaining might be singing a different tune if the woman was their wife or daughter.
Project much?
I don't see where I mentioned crotch grabbing, leering,, looking at you "up and down" or exposing myself.
In the context of the article, a good morning was considered harassment and cat calling.
That woman walking the street? Attention whore, nothing more, and all she has for ten hours worth of walking is what she showed?
Not impressed.