"Normal"? Sadly yes with men.
Still gross as fuck. Feel validated, and if you can try to make them feel like the weird ones.
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It is not normal but it is widespread and extremely sexist obviously
Pretty common and has been for a long time ( at least since the patriarchy ), it used to be even harrassment when wolf-whistling and similar practices were more common. As women rights have progressed, these practices have been replaced by these whispers between friends. Still the people that do these things are pretty much telling you that they only think about sex.
These answers are pretty surprising to me. I don't know where do you all live nor what kind of people do you get yourselves involved with (and frankly, I don't want to know), but I'm honestly glad that I can't relate to this.
No, those kids are dorks.
Due to living under patriarchy, this is not uncommon even though it sucks. Not sure how best to confront/diffuse it, but maybe mocking the behavior somehow would get the point across.
I'm not friends with your dick, so I don't care about its preferences. Next time someone tells me 'would bang' I am kicking you in the balls as a form of negative reinforcement behavior modification.
Yeah I have friends like that. It seems to be normalized in the among the more reactionary friends of mine, while the more progressive ones (as in some radlib tendencies) seem to be more crticial of such behavior although it still happens, albeit less frequently. It always makes me really uncomfortable.
"Is street harassment normal?" and "Is street harassment good?" are two very different questions.
I've never understood this. I've never wanted to do that kind of thing.
Nope. Even when I was a teen we just looked and were happy with it. I have one friend that comments on instagram girls but we mostly don't care to label them into "would bang" or "would not bang".
Depends on where you live and who you hang with. In my experience this behavior isn't normal and showing it would get you shamed and made fun of if not blackballed
It's common, and it's gross. When i'm out in public, my main concern is where i'm going to eat next, not about strangers.