I am currently 13– Catcalling doesn’t happen much since I don’t walk places very much and I only go to school and back by a school bus.
I was first catcalled when I was in 3rd grade. I didn’t know what catcalling was so I thought it was just some idiot calling out to me from the safety of their car.
I continuously get called out to when I do walk uptown where I live.
I would be taking a walk just to get out of the house and I would be minding my own business when some older men think its ok to say “I’d love to beat that ass” and other inappropriate and unpleasant comments.
I know I don’t look but that definitely doesn’t mean when I’m walking down the street that I’m giving you the right to say what you’d wish to do to a 13 year old girl and make her boyfriend punch holes in his wall because you can’t control your own mouth. Be a man, grow up.
I would say making it illegal to catcall, if it’s not a law already. If it is a law, we need to have stricter punishments.
— Bonnie “Dashe” C.
Location:
Greenwood, South Carolina, United States, Main Street
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