No, We Don't Need a Law Against Catcalling.

I have not yet seen the Hollaback video. It is not easy for me to see any video from YouTube, since I won't connect to that site from my own computer. I am looking for a chance to see it, because I want to see the range of actions in question. Do they include physical attacks? Threats? Intimidation? Insults? Pressure? Invitations? Praise? Silent gaze?

I want to find out what sorts of things women typically experience on the street, and also where this movement draws the line in its criticism.

To make insults a crime is injustice; calling the insults "harassment" does not excuse banning them. However, insults may deserve a rebuke.

Not everything that someone takes offense at is wrong. A woman once rebuked me, as we were riding on BART, for looking at her. I responded that people moving about in public must expect to be looked at. Nobody has a right to order people in a public place to avert their eyes. When I got off, a few stops later, I told her, "I'm leaving, so you can now proceed to your destination unobserved." (By me, at least.)