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Here's why people aren't impressed with this video of men watching their girlfriends get catcalled
YESTERDAY, COSMOPOLITAN POSTED a video entitled Men React to Their Girlfriends Getting Catcalled.
Cosmopolitan filmed three women being catcalled in New York City and then showed teh footage to the women’s boyfriends.
Needless to say, they were far from impressed.
You can watch the video below.
The video was hailed in some quarters for drawing attention to the issue of catcalling and highlighting what an unpleasant experience it can be.
But not everyone is so enamoured with the video.
In fact, it has drawn widespread criticism from people who are uncomfortable with the nature of the experiment — namely that it involves men “validating” an experience that women have spoken about for years.
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Some viewers felt that the men in the video missed the point altogether…
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While others noted that it incorrectly frames catcalling as something only experienced by straight women with boyfriends — sorry, LGBT/single women.
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As The Gloss wrote:
The video has been viewed almost 150,000 times on YouTube in just 24 hours and a further 250,000 times on Facebook.
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