Male Entitlement

Men feel entitled to just walk in and take over the room. Their desires are above a woman’s comfort. They just don’t give a fuck, and not only that, they also feel entirely justified in this behavior.

If we stand up for ourselves, and point out how fucked up catcalling (or just generally invading our personal space or crossing the line) is, they act like we are trying to silence them. They truly feel that making women uncomfortable is their right. They believe that the idea that catcalling can be harmful is up for debate. When we say that it makes us feel unsafe, that that is our lived experience, they feel like they can debate that. They think they can argue that it doesn’t make us feel they way we do.

Our lived experiences are NOT up for debate. When we say that we don’t like something that is being done to us, you do NOT get to say that we shouldn’t feel that way.