How do you respond to men who say we should be flattered by unwanted attention?

8 comments

1. Fuck off, that is how I respond.

2. don’t pay them any attention whatsoever

3. Completely ignore them

4. 🖕🏾

   See? Easy..🤷🏽‍♀️

   🖕🏾 try it.

5. I tend not to bother. Life’s too short to spend time trying to argue with the wilfully obtuse.

6. If a drag queen built like an oak tree treated them the way they treat us, they wouldn’t be flattered. It’s a power thing, not a flattery thing. There is no respect there, just objectification.

7. “Would you feel the same way if you got that sort of attention from women?”

   “What about from women you *don’t* find physically attractive, or who *don’t* meet current standards of beauty/thinness?”

   “What about from another man?”

   Him: …Oh.

8. Either ignore it or tell them off. I have no patience for that!