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Watch This Woman Catcall Men Around Bryant Park
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Jen Carlson
Published Jun 10, 2015
Modified Jun 10, 2015
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What if... women catcalled men? Two comedians recently gave it a shot—one filming the other from a distance as she approached men around Bryant Park, whispering sweet nothings into their unprepared ears.
"I want to destroy your dick," SJ Son tells one bro. "That's a fine ass," she tells another. Were the men horrified? Scared? Disgusted? Nope. The catcalls only made their smiles broader, and egos larger. But it's important to keep in mind that in this scenario, the men were not walking home at night, alone, on a mostly empty street, in a city populated by violent predators.
Ginny Leise told us this morning, "We spent about an hour in the park and approached a total of 20 men," adding that it was all "100% authentic, we didn't approach anyone ahead of time/afterwards."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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