Cat calls

[cyndigurl45]

So I'm out and about and run into a gas station for a coke, I wasn't overly dressed a simple grey sweater dress black leggins and heels. I run in grab a coke on my way out from across the street 2 construction workers whistle and give me the hey baby line GAGME..... anywho I can't imagine this as being normal, being somewhat self conscious was I read or is that normal?

[mary something]

doesn't sound like you were read to me...

[rachael.davis]

If they'd read you they probably would have yelled something else

[mary something]

that's what I was thinking too lol. If a group of guys notices you and then picks up on the fact that you're a T the chances of one of the guys in the group being open about his attraction to you in front of his workmates is kinda slim usually

[Stephanie47]

Construction workers are notorious for asserting their first amendment right of free speech, whether you want to hear it or not. I guess in SF this could work both ways. They either did not ID you as a cross dresser and you passed. Or they ID you as a cross dresser and they approve. Either way you win.

[ArleneRaquel]

I love to receive cat call, it doesn't happen very often to moi. I would say that they approved of your look, even if they read you.

[Chickhe]

It kind of depends.... stick around and see if they cat call every other woman going and going from the area?

But...it doesn't matter, just act normal and feel proud that you were noticed and made someone's day.

[cyndigurl45]

If they'd read you they probably would have yelled something elseNow that's something I hadn't considered..... Hmmmmmm

[Rianna Humble]

Stephanie, do you honestly think that cyndi would have posted this in the transsexual forum if she was a cross-dresser?

[linda allen]

Were you read? That's impossible to say without actually seeing you or seeing several photos of you. Cat calls are not normal but it happens.

[Jorja]

Get used to it Cyndi, it is a normal reaction from lower class men. They are after all Gods gift to humanity. Don't believe me? Ask one of them.

[kimdl93]

It sounds like some low class people indulging in their favorite pastime....harassing women.

[RenneB]

While in the workplace now a days, it's a no-no and a potential for litigation, out and about, it's all fair... I take them as a positive. Always..

In todays common outfits of flip flops, t-shirts and pajama bottoms, anyone who dresses nicer than that is going to get a look. Slap on a pair of heels and a nice shape, and you've got your cat call in the making...

Renne......

[KellyJameson]

It seems like once you go above a two inch heel it sets the men off. Heels are like some kind of magical elixir that seems to have a special meaning to men.

I like wearing them because I like being on point. I find it more comfortable walking on the balls of my feet with little pressure on the heel and I have walked this way since childhood, probably an Aspie thing, so heels are a natural fit but it does bring unwelcome attention.

[RADER]

I spent 40+ years in Construction;
Only the bums act like a dumb kid.
No you where seen as a "Hot Tomato"
there fore all the remarks, just flick up your skirt and be gone.
Rader

[ActuallyMichaela]

One time I was walking on the sidewalk smoking (bad habit, I know), and this guy pulls over and offers me a ride home. He kept driving along the sidewalk for a while asking me my name and whatnot. I just tried to ignore him. It was among the most nerve-wracking moments of my life. But after it was over, I felt strangely flattered that I (apparently) passed.

Moral of the story? I'm not sure. But I'm pretty sure you weren't read. Like others have said, you would have received different comments.

[Rhonda 2]

I wanted to live one week completely as female. So, I carefully assembled my outfits and everything I needed. I practiced my moves as carefully as I could, and then I drove to a strange city 200 miles a way. I checked into a downtown hotel and made the makeover.

My first day I just wanted to walk through the mall, and then down the city street. I was walking down the sidewalk, which while not crowded, had plenty of people there. I was wearing a black pencil skirt, matching jacket and a lavender blouse. Black heels and black Donna Karam hose. I was doing well until I came up behind two black boys dawdling down the sidewalk. I didn't want to pass them and there was no where I could go. So I hurried past. One of them said loudly "Hey, check it out, check it out", while the other answered, "Now there's a WOMAN", and the usual "Hey babe" and "whereya going". I hurried across the street. Was I thrilled? you better believe it. Oh the power of black hose and heels.

[gonegirl]

So, if I wear black hose and heels will that make my life easier?

[Nicole Erin]

Cat calls usually happen when a woman wears something unusual or sexy.
I have a GG friend (soon to be G/F I hope) who gets the same thing, she dresses unusual, of course no one is going to mistake her for a TG.
Skirts (especially with hose and heels) tend to draw attention. Kind of weird cause even a knee length skirt draws attention more than short shorts.

And no you were not read. From a distance and they were probably not looking for TS, they just thought you were some woman. Maybe they were fantasizing about taking you to dinner and a movie? OH WAIT I KNOW - they wanted to take you to a history museum.

[Vickie_CDTV]

The kind of men who will make those kind of comments will make them to any woman they find attractive, regardless of how she is dressed. Being dressed in a certain way might draw their attention more, of course, but idiots will be idiots regardless.

[Charmane]

I'd be afraid, like it was negative attention.

[vikki2020]

Just some of the things that woman have to put up with---and, I guess it's always good to thought of as a woman--even in something like that.

[karanne]

If I receive cat calls or wolf whistles, I treat them as the complement they are intended as: I'm an attractive girl! If possible, I will turn, smile, wave, maybe even curtsey to them (which will usually get a laugh).

[Cheryl123]

Sounds like a compliment to me .. (wish I could get a cat call or wolf whistle!) If they wanted to hurl insults, you would have heard something entirely different.

[Rhonda 2]

Yes, I certainly consider my cat call a compliment, although I was scared to death at the moment

[barbie54s]

They was calling to a woman who got their attention. If it was anything else, you would had know it.