I know there is a chain of thought that says we should accept them as a compliment, but personally I have never felt like it was. It feels like "Hey you, woman, I'm reminding you that in my eyes you are just an object". In fact sometimes it can be a crude sexual request from a car window - a male friend once said he wished he would get such offers, I replied "Trust me, you would not want that kind of attention from some random ropey stranger". Not sexy, not in the least.

It doesn't happen too often these days, I'm in my 40s now, it used to embarrass me as a young woman, but it happened the other day just walking to the shops in my sports gear. It was hot out there, so I was wearing shorts and vest, that was the trigger I suppose.

It's even happened when I've been with my husband, that was especially humiliating, I felt bad for him too. I laughed it off, but ugh!

So how do you deal with it? Do you have the confidence to answer back? Sometimes I wish I did. All I do is pretend I didn't hear and look straight ahead, I did hear though and it creeped me out.