Are you flattered, ladies?

[Killearn Kitties]

I'm not quite sure where to put this. Perhaps it should be in the Dog House, in case it turns ugly (or Richard posts, hehehehehe), but I think it's safe enough.

A while ago a survey was conducted in the UK on wolf whistling. From the 80% of women who said they had been whistled at, 40% said they found it flattering. That figure however, dropped dramatically in Scotland. It seems that Scottish women do not appreciate it.

So I just wondered, if Scotland can be so different from the rest of the UK, what does the rest of the world think?

[slick]

Ha!!! If I ever got whistled at, I'd laugh it off and tell him/or her to get new glasses...

[Corinna]

I would be inclined to do thesame as Slick. But inside I guess I would like it.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

At my age you take what you can get! Whistle away boys..........please

[Husky_mom]

you know here in mexico we have many many men doing that to anyone with legs and the look of a woman so doesnt matter if you are ugly or pretty you´ll get whistled........

sometimes its just construction workers, or the most horrendous men you could see but even if you feel disgusted deep inside you feel flattered even it if came from these guys, and when it comes from really handsome men you still feel ackward (SP?) but you know you like it........deep deep inside

[moosmom]

I'm with Slick. If anyone whistled at me, I'd look around for his seeing eye dog.

But I do have a question. WHY do they call it a "wolf whistle"??? I have NEVER heard a wolf make that kind of noise. Anyone care to elaborate.

RICHARD, any snide remarks??? Come on buddy, don't disappoint me now.

[RICHARD]

Karen,



I personally do not like the Wolf Whistle, the lip smacking sounds or staring like a lecher.


Most men break a woman down to their parts. They see something they like and they have to chime in.... The whistling shows that they aren't "man" enough to either talk to the woman or make eye contact.

An eyeball and a "Hi" or "Good Morning" will do it for me-and a backwards glance after she passes....

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The funniest part is watching a very good looking woman get indignant when that happens........

I have seen instances where a woman is whistled, she turns around and says something and get slammed for it.....having a pack of idiots yelling vulgar slurs probably isn't good for the ego...


Woman,

Just sit back, relax and take it for what it's worth....and know someone noticed you!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Where I'm from, I just totally ignore it and any other advances that are made. See....North Avenue (where I work) has been known to be home to a few...shall we say....ladies of the night....except they're there in the morning, noon and night! Seems to have cleared up a bit lately, but there used to be this girl that sat on the corner stoop. I'd see her every morning as I came into work, sitting on the stoop, looking all bedraggled and looking pretty rough actually. She didn't seem like some of the hardened hookers you see now and then, she actually seemed like a sweet thing that was just down on her luck. She hobbled a bit, and a I heard she had lost a few toes to the cold Chicago winters which made me feel even worse for her. I haven't seen her in a few years now and I have no idea what happened to her. I hope she found help.

Other than that one, they're all pretty skanky looking, some in baggy sweatpants and sweatshirts that look like they've been lived in for months (which they probably have been), with greasy hair, dirty, smelly - ech! I always wonder who in the world would be so hard up they'd actually pay for something like that, but that might explain why I get whistled at.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I assume we are talking about JUST a wolf whistle? I am not offended....nor am I offended if a man opens the door for me. Or helps me get my carry-on into or out of the overhead compartment. And I do the same for others. (well....except for the wolf whistling....)

Life is too short to go around being offended all the time.

[RICHARD]

Where I'm from, I just totally ignore it and any other advances that are made.

lololol,

This is HOW STUPID I AM...


I went to the bank and on the way back to work I see the cutest girl approaching me, she's all dressed up, she's in a blouse and a frilly, small skirt....

As I made it to the bus stop she put her foot up onto the bus bench....

Because I wasn't privy to the view that the street side got....I thought, "that is weird......" about 5 steps past her I realized that she was some kind of person that dealt with "rentals"......

She was merely advertising her wares......

[lizbud]

Just a whistle is ok. I've never acknowledged them, but inside I
think it's a compliment of sorts.Any thing more than that is NOT ok.

[IRescue452]

I whistle at the good lookin guys. So I have no right to get offended, it'd be hypocritical. Personally, I get embarrassed because I'm not one for the limelight, but I walk away with a big grin if whoever did the whistling is somebody I'd whistle at too. Now the word whistle has become weird.

[Jessika]

I may get a little embarassed, but really deep inside it makes me feel good, you know?

[Cubby'sMom]

It has never happened to me, but I think I would be flattered and disgusted at the same time. My sister has had boys hit on her alot at school, ashe just tells them to get a life lol.

[Barbara]

Last time it happened to me was 10 years ago. I was wearing a short dress black with white dots, black stockings and high heels (because I was on my way from the car to a more official party in mid summer ). I thought it was a compliment and I would think so too if it happened now. But it won't