On the practice of whistling at girls. An article written in today's Telegraph laments the demise of wolf-whistling, the favourite past-time of builders. A simple, age-old phenomenon, on seeing a woman, particularly an attractive or well-endowed one, they, well, whistle. The building firm Wimpey has recently banned its workmen from the perpetration of this heinous act, deeming it "...out of place in the 21st century". Ohters are expected to follow suit.
The article, for the record, was written by a woman, Celia Walden, who opposes this demise: "Women enjoy being wolf-whistled at...we appreciate the compliment", before adding, insightfully, that those opposed to such, "...are not Telegraph readers". (See Guardian). One of the builders involved in this vicious practice attempted to verbalize his malignant motives; "I sometimes whistle at girls who aren't even all that pretty...just because they look a bit down..."
It seems to me that this epoch will be simply, sadly labelled 'boring' . In the endless, pyrrhic drive for equality, this Labour government has engendered a stifling, victim culture. Women are well able to deal with whistles. Blacks are well-able to deal with racist jokes. Immigrants do not need to be molly-coddled. What is needed is equal opportunity, not fatuous gestures.
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my favourite article so far: I completely agree that we women enjoy being whistled at! what would the Italians say if Britain banned this? I guess they would not stop laughing for a day and then avoid coming to Britain for the fear of being accused of breaking the law.....have fun in your life and make people compliments if you like to, that's my conclusion.
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