Posts Written by Maria

It’s called WOLF whistling for a reason…

I was ready to applaud when I spotted an article on the Express website about a building firm suspending employees for wolf whistling – until, that is, I read what the author (no doubt himself a master of the fine art of seduction) had to say. Seriously, it’s like SlutWalk never happened.

Men, don’t you know, are practically genetically compelled to wolf whistle and the Express rolls out the statistics to prove that we women love it really. The site quotes a recent survey which claims that, “one in three women enjoys being wolfwhistled while four per cent of females admitted they were very disappointed if they were not given the navvies’ tribute.”

Never mind what that might suggest about some women’s self-esteem, what about the two-thirds of women who don’t enjoy being wolf whistled and the 96% who are most certainly not very disappointed when they are allowed to walk down a street without hearing a stranger’s opinion on their breasts?