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Tired Of Getting Catcalled, This Woman Started Taking Selfies With The Catcallers, And The Results Are Pretty Disturbing
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There's nothing that makes a woman's skin crawl quite like getting catcalled on the street. 20-year-old Amsterdam-based student Noa Jansma, much like the rest of us, was pretty fed up with it, and decided to do something about it. Throughout the month of September, she took a selfie with every single creep who harassed her and uploaded them on Instagram, captioning each one with the words of her abusers.
What do the photos say? By juxtaposing the catcallers' callous, unashamed grins with her own exhausted, painfully familiar expression, Jansma shows the world just how frequent, real, and disturbing these experiences are for women everywhere. She also gains power over them, though, by documenting their actions and putting them on display for the whole world to see. Though her own experiment has ended, she has opened the @dearcatcallers Instagram page for submissions in hopes of creating a global dialogue on the collective struggle women face.
From January 1st, 2018, catcalling will be punishable by law in Jansma's native Netherlands, and violators will be subject to fines of up to 190 euros ($220). If her daring project continues to go viral, perhaps more nations will follow suit.
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This made me throw up a little bit in my mouth. I definitely would NOT have let him put his disgusting paws on me.
I'd of let him follow me straight to the police station... or church.
Attracted to how long she looks no doubt. Too bad there wasn't a photo of the license plate.
Something tells me he's probably a virgin. He wouldn't now what to do with any girl. Perv.
Oh, be still my heart, looks like the last time he took a shower was 2001.
Sounds like he wanted to eat her, judging by the size of that belly, he probably did! Creep!
That whistling is for each other. They know it won't get her attention, but it proves their manhood and humiliates her at the same time. If she ignores it, they get what they want. If she tells them off, it makes them even more proud of themselves. She's documenting it, and if they don't realize what tools they look like, at least everyone who sees them does.
So many of these pigs look so proud of themselves. Does this shit seriously ever work? NO. And how many of these losers were lucky enough to have a gf or wife, and are probably still yelling at young girls. How many have daughters or sisters? Disgusting.
I wish I could like your comment 1000 times.
Me too!
Sean Hardin, judging by your picture, you're most likely a female wolf spider. Did you even think about how stupid that is?
Same. Explained this post PERFECTLY.
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Judging by the fact you don't have a photo of yourself, that is an indication that you are most likely an ugly bitch, and you're jealous of the fact that you are not getting cat called.
They are happy/proud because they have exercised power over someone else, specifically an attractive woman. Its fucked up.
Sean, you are a very pathetic little creature.
you know that's mean they are just scared week little boys who have no balls what so ever
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Where's the attractive woman?
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Ohhhhhhhh you poor wittle snowflake, got your poor wittle feewings huort, I can tell you're in need of a safe space. I'l clear some room in my Safe Space Facility for you right now snowflake. First 2 hours free, after that I start charging.
Pigs don't do this sort of things. Interesting to see that these molesters are from every social class, every ethnicity, every age group.
Gee, Sean. You seem to have a lot of pent up anger towards women. Is it maybe because none of them has ever so much as looked at you with anything shy of disgust?
what can I say biggest are everywhere
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As a Vegan Activist I would save 1 Pig over 10,000 bitches like you without a second thought!
Sean Hardin - "Judging by the fact you don´t have photo..." sooo u r a spider I suppose or...? Don´t f* judge you don´t have the slightes idea how catcalling feels.
I just think he's here to troll. It's tasteless joking, I know, but he enjoys all the attention.
Sean is just a troll, and like most trolls is probably crying himself to sleep, under his crumbling bridge cause he ain't got a single friend in the world
Even pigs are more respectful then these shits.
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A Pig is more valuable than a piece of shit like you.
I totally agree, but please, don't compare them to pigs, it's not very nice for pigs !
of course it does no work they are all losers believe me, i can understand her i am a guy and when i see this shit on the street it really piss me off
You are so right...
@SeanHardin the amount of guys getting defensive on this is ridiculous. You see a few comments, and you cry "feminism" or saying she's objectifying when its what women go through EVERY FUCKING DAY! You guys probably do this shit its why it bothers you. You can dish it out but you can't take it. Also, for you trolls saying she's fat and ugly, she has a public facebook page, and I personally think she's hot, and her not even defending her looks makes her even hotter.
I once said this to someone. I meant it as rhetorical of course. No it doesn't work. The guy o was talking to said well it must or they wouldn't do it. 🙄 No, that's not how this works. No woman likes it. Not one
Some of them old enough to be her father or even grandfather by the looks of them. Puke.
Thank you for sharing, because I couldn't have said it better myself. What a bunch of idiots. and what the hell Sean Hardin, how could you even say that to a person? You're the biggest loser here!
I swear it like guy like these never left high school, some one should teach them some manners
I've come to the conclusion these guys don't genuinely believe catcalling will result in wild sex for them. I think they simply do it because it gives them a thrill to make women who they know are way out of their league uncomfortable. 'I can't have you so I'll make you feel like shit for it. Take some MANLY power back, bitch!'
It does work, kind of, it's a numbers game. I have friends that (years ago) always pulled as they just went up to every girl they saw and tried this crap. It's just a shame really, because they are muppets.
Being able to put her in her place, humiliate her and make her feel small is a part of it so if they don't get a date, they've still accomplished some of their goals.
As saibe before is a sie thing when man keep positionve in the face of som serious baddly mooded women. This one girls is a example how ego can make a somen hate every single thing a man does, seeing all as evil. Some of what these guys do are really evil the most aren't evil. Feminine ego makes all evil. It is a social cancer, a bill paid with suffering from both men and women.
chances OP is single 7/10 changes OP is fat 11/10
Chances you are an idiot? 100/10 look her up on fb. wrong on both accounts, and the fact that she's not even responding to your dumbass makes her hotter
Watch your zoomorphic bigotry of calling them “pigs” and disgustingly pawed. It makes you look like a bitch... How many sons or brothers do you have? Disgusting
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yep.. once in a while it DOES work. I use to use catcalls when I was young and stupid. when I lived on the beach (south beach) I once used the "daaaaaaaaaammmmnnnnn" call when a girl walked past me.. and to be honest it was my inside voice pushing past my brain filter she turned and smiled... about an hour later she was walking past the other way and smiled again.. we talked and exchanged numbers and went on a few dates. some people ask "oh come on a nice car does not help you pick up girls" ... yes... it does... a buddy and I drove through ocean drive in my Xb.. no response.. came back the same day in my father's Mercedes benz... low and behold.. three cute girls in the car before we got to the end of the strip. (and my friend cat called to two of them, who saw the car and walked over)
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Saying hello to a girl in the street works all the time, just depends on the situation.
there is a difference between giving someone friendly greeting and catcalling though
Depends on the situation, indeed. Usually when a stranger greets me passing by, I genuinely don't even notice them immediately, it takes me a few seconds to realise I was greeted and that it was me, and not somebody behind or next to me. By then, we have both walked a good distance from each other.
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while I agree that the way these men handled their desire to get her attention (or the attention of women in general) very inelegantly, if they were more subtle and polite in their so called "catcalling" I would support their right to speak freely in public on any matter with any opinion. so when women over react to men (not these types of men of course) trying to get their attention in public without stalking or physical contact it annoys me almost as much as what happened to this girl.
it's difficult to just accept a comment made by a random stranger, no matter how polite it is made. For a girl to go through this type of stuff everyday since she is a kid (in some cases) really messes her ability to take compliments from strangers.
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stupid bitch lol
Yes, you absolutely are Nacoda.
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dumb ass bitch who let you use a computer?
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shit always works
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U bitches R just proud of being c@called or 2Bpresize 2B raped. Th@ show off pseudo-student is a very good proof of it.
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i try and take what you've posted seriously; but all i can hear in my head is, 'Waaa-waaa-waaaah..." You are sooo shamefully abused *smh*
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Look bitch, Do NOT disrespect Non-Human Creatures! One Pig is more valuable than 10,000 of a bitch like you!
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None of this is a big deal.
I have to respectfully disagree with you. Read the posts. Women talk about how glad they are that they have cars and don't have to take public transport, how unsafe they feel or how angry--it clearly is a big deal. It also points at a larger issue of how women are treated by society at large--these are not just annoying but acts of aggression. Unless you've been catcalled by a man bigger and stronger than you, all day--you don't know what it's like.
says a man
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Hey Guys! Thanks for your replies. I do know what it's like and while it's not that pleasant.. It's just not worth all the hubbub.
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To be clear... I know EXACTLY what it is like to be catcalled.
seriously i don't understand why guys do that! Did they really think that work?
"Mom, how did you and Dad meet?" "Well, he yelled, 'Nice tits!' out of a moving car, and I knew he was the one."
wow. how did you know how i met my wife?
You, good ma'am, win the Internet
What Nini said. This is awesome and gave me such a smile after looking at all those shitty pictures.
Outstanding! LOL
Thank you, you made my day!
Yes and mummy went running after the car showing him her tits and we lived happily ever after!
I started laughin at this and then just got really sad and kinda stared off into space for a while.
hahahaha
LOL Love that.
Fucken Awesome!!
Lol :D
Heehee! That’s funny!
Hahahahahahaha
lol
most likely your dad at least thought that.
I dont think it is intended to 'work' in terms of being able to date/have sex, it is more like an urge to express oneself regardless of other people's feelings. Basically when they do that they are telling the women 'you dont mean shit to me you're just a sex object"
These are not the types of men who could get a date with the women (and girls. Let's not forget girls. I was first catcalled at age 11, by men who had to at least be in their 40s) even if they met them in an appropriate setting, and behaved politely. These women are generally out of these guys' league in appearance and charisma, and I think they are frustrated by that. So when they can't "get" a woman like that, the most they can do to assuage their bruised egos is to exert some temporary control by intimidating these women and provoking a change in the women's behaviour which indicates he is in control of her behaviour, somehow. Like, women have been conditioned to be overly polite and avoid conflict, so they might meekly put up with it and deflect advanced, without outright telling these guys to f*ck off... and I think these guys get off on these meek, not-overly-defensive responses from women. Unless they're getting screamed at, they take it as encouragement.
I'm a guy and I don't get it too.
they are a bunch of idiots who never left high-school so that know jack shit about how to actually approach a woman, or that guy talk is meant to stay as guy talk and not be vocalized to the public
I don´t know maybe. Many men are not very good at approaching women. From a male paerspective it´s a long hard and rocky road for most men to learn how to approach or seduce women well. And it takes a lot of grit, humiliation, rejection and hard work to get there. Most men aren´t geniuses to start with. Some men may of course just try to harass and emotionally hurt women instead of trying to pick them up. because of their negative experiences in life and their personality. But ihink most just want to pick up or at least aroususe women, like flirt in their way. They just aren´t very good at it. From a amle perspective i fell compasiion for the men who approach woman crudely because i know it´s not easy to learn to approarch t or flirt with them well. I fell compassion for the women too who are annoyed and made to feel uncomfortable beacuse of it:)
There is no excuse. It doesnt matter how "intimidating" it can be to approach a woman, the kind of guys that yell out at women on the street and doing nothing but disrespecting them.
"Guys"? Most of these are lowlife scum from shitty neighbourhoods, often immigrant, often black. The only local ones doing it are people from another era, people in their 50s or 60s. It's not racist, this is the naked truth, most of Europeans have moved on from certain things, whereas the people described before, often have not.
Not only men do that,
These weak apporuch from them is just a directoo way to show interest truying on to start a conversation when thing may become interesting to women. Egoic thinking in women see all of this as pure evil. Cancer. The society accepsts to kee this stupidity go ahead with no reactioon against, just complaining based on wrong perceptions of reality
Catcalling is absolutely pathetic, even though holy h*ck she's insanely pretty
She's gorgeous... without makeup. Why do women have to wear makeup Alex? I'm going to let you in on a little secret... WOMEN DO NOT WEAR MAKEUP TO IMPRESS MEN! We wear makeup for ourselves because we want too, we could really give a rat's ass whether or not men approve of our face and what goes on it.
Why am I a hypocrite? Because I wear makeup to make myself feel pretty? I don't do it for compliments, I do it for me. My husband treats me with respect and dignity. He doesn't care if I wear makeup or not. It's MY choice. If I want to wear so much makeup I look like a clown, he doesn't care it's MY face. Catcalling is unattractive and immature and women don't like it. I did notice a trend, they are either old, laborers, or drunk. Which category are you in?
Alex, you poor little thing. No wonder you get rejected so frequently.
We don't need a world without men, just a world without you and these men. You re not worthy.
Why do I have the feeling Alex is exactly the sort of guy who would end up in these pictures?
Oh and who changed their picture? Not me. I looked really good for being six months pregnant in that picture. I can lose weight... you can't fix your face. Well, I guess you could but it might cost a pretty penny.
Do you really think I give a shit what you went to school for? Doesn't change the fact that you're a self righteous asshole.
Dávid Magyar actually, not all of them do. don't tell me that i don't wear makeup when i stay home alone. i wear it because i want to. i enjoy putting it on, even if i'm not going to go outside. you can't claim that every woman puts makeup on for the sake of impressing men. i love wearing makeup, i'm not interested in a romantic relationship, and why i wear makeup or how much i wear is none of your business.