I can't believe we are micro analyzing this thread thanks to Shadix, but here goes a quick history from a woman who has been ogled a lot:
Earliest experiences were as a teenager, scrubs hanging out of cars yelling 'hola mamasita!"
I liked it, as long as I didn't feel afraid like they might stop and try to grab me. Sometimes I'd even wave. Harmless flirting.
Same thing during the clubbing years... It felt rapey. The ogling never actually worked for any of them as far as getting anywhere with me. The worst part were clubs that were packed with people, the guys would grab our butts and crotches in the crowd. I punched a couple of guys and spilled my drinks on them. They'd stand by the ladies bathroom and follow us inside.
The later years, classier places... More reserved stares, the up and down once-over. The most I ever laughed was once when my friend and I were both 7 months pregnant. We were thin women who both looked like we had swallowed huge beach balls. We went out to a club with our husbands. It was ladies night, so our cheap husbands had us walk in first alone for free while they paid for themselves at the door. As we walked in, the guys ogled us. From the front, you couldn't tell, but as we walked by, you could see we were huge and pregnant. We saw the guys fall off their bar stools!!!
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