So long as people shouting “run Forrest run” aren’t targeted by this it seems like a good idea.
Otherwise it’s overreach.
Spottswoodeforgod on
Honestly, I kind of thought catcalling died out in about 1986…
Happytallperson on
Really depressing that this is so common you can catch people by just getting undercover female officers to start running.
marquess_rostrevor on
When I read the headline I thought “hmm that seems tough to prove.”
Then I read the article and I thought “that is a rather smart way to go about it.”
SpoofExcel on
….what law is being broken that cars can be seized and fines handed out?
Sad-Independence9753 on
Not long now until just looking at people will be seen as harassment
Ok-Ship812 on
Only 60% of female runners experience harassment.
That seems low to me. Try running a few hundred meters behind a female runner and see the shit they have to put up with.
I presume the other 40% have treadmills at home.
fhdhsu on
Hmmm.
But I was told on here it wouldn’t be appropriate to ask female officers to put themselves in danger, when I suggested maybe the police can extremely easily deal with sexual assault in public, literally just by putting officers in public and telling them to act drunk.
They did it on Dispatches. Female reporter acted drunk in public in busy areas on the weekend, and she was literally harassed in some way, in minutes each time. One time followed to her fucking hotel room. One time straight up sexually assaulted within seconds of hitting the streets.
If it’s a matter of priorities and budget, you’d think this would be prioritised over catcalling? But the truth is, it’s just because it requires more effort and is more dangerous for the officers. And we could never ask those who are charged with protecting us, to put themselves in a little bit of danger, could we?
It’s a sad state of affairs when a television reporter has got more balls than our police.
(Also, probably should mention that of the, I think, 4 incidents showed on the program – all 4 were obviously foreign born, not that Channel 4 wanted to make it easy to determine because they blurred their faces and modulated their voices. I wonder what the probability of that is?)
Deadly_Flipper_Tab on
Thank goodness funding is going towards the real crimes.
hexairclantrimorphic on
>”In fact, one of the males who was stopped even stated he was ‘encouraging the females to run’.”
Hahaha. This is the best way to counter politically correct schemes, just play them at their own game.
maveco on
Bradford is 25% Pakistani – this can either be relevant or not depending on your perspective
Mammoth-Ad-562 on
There are some people that would castigate a man catcalling a woman like it’s the most serious offence out there but carry out incredible mental gymnastics to defend ideologies that wouldn’t even let a woman go out for a run.
ultr4violence on
I’m not from the UK so I guess this is disproving the stereotype we have here that british people are very respectful and orderly in public. Catcalling really doesn’t seem like either of those.
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So long as people shouting “run Forrest run” aren’t targeted by this it seems like a good idea.
Otherwise it’s overreach.
Honestly, I kind of thought catcalling died out in about 1986…
Really depressing that this is so common you can catch people by just getting undercover female officers to start running.
When I read the headline I thought “hmm that seems tough to prove.”
Then I read the article and I thought “that is a rather smart way to go about it.”
….what law is being broken that cars can be seized and fines handed out?
Not long now until just looking at people will be seen as harassment
Only 60% of female runners experience harassment.
That seems low to me. Try running a few hundred meters behind a female runner and see the shit they have to put up with.
I presume the other 40% have treadmills at home.
Hmmm.
But I was told on here it wouldn’t be appropriate to ask female officers to put themselves in danger, when I suggested maybe the police can extremely easily deal with sexual assault in public, literally just by putting officers in public and telling them to act drunk.
They did it on Dispatches. Female reporter acted drunk in public in busy areas on the weekend, and she was literally harassed in some way, in minutes each time. One time followed to her fucking hotel room. One time straight up sexually assaulted within seconds of hitting the streets.
If it’s a matter of priorities and budget, you’d think this would be prioritised over catcalling? But the truth is, it’s just because it requires more effort and is more dangerous for the officers. And we could never ask those who are charged with protecting us, to put themselves in a little bit of danger, could we?
It’s a sad state of affairs when a television reporter has got more balls than our police.
(Also, probably should mention that of the, I think, 4 incidents showed on the program – all 4 were obviously foreign born, not that Channel 4 wanted to make it easy to determine because they blurred their faces and modulated their voices. I wonder what the probability of that is?)
Thank goodness funding is going towards the real crimes.
>”In fact, one of the males who was stopped even stated he was ‘encouraging the females to run’.”
Hahaha. This is the best way to counter politically correct schemes, just play them at their own game.
Bradford is 25% Pakistani – this can either be relevant or not depending on your perspective
There are some people that would castigate a man catcalling a woman like it’s the most serious offence out there but carry out incredible mental gymnastics to defend ideologies that wouldn’t even let a woman go out for a run.
I’m not from the UK so I guess this is disproving the stereotype we have here that british people are very respectful and orderly in public. Catcalling really doesn’t seem like either of those.