How do you feel about cat-calls AKA street harassment? Do you think street harassment is an accurate term?    I don't enjoy cat-calls and don't find them flattering or compliments. They make me rather angry, mostly as they come from Black men. Infrequently, it comes from White men, and it doesn't bother me as much but I still get mad if it's a lewd comment. I feel like it's not accurate to classify every interaction with male strangers as harassment; saying Hi babe can be annoying but it's not harassment in the same way Hey, come sit on my face is. I wouldn't literally call the police and say this person is harassing me unless they were following me saying stuff.     How much of the incidence of this do you feel is under your control?    Some feminists will say it shouldn't matter what a woman is wearing, but I think people use other's clothing to help them determine what level of interaction is appropriate for that person. I definitely think if someone wears clothes associated with things like stripping or prostitution (ex. strapless minidress and platform stilettos), that's the kind of treatment they will get, whether it is morally right or wrong in a perfect world. If I'm wearing a reasonable outfit (ex. not tight all-over, no cleavage, covered from my shoulders to my knees), I feel like I've done my part and the people who make comments are out-of-line.    The exception is this is nice clothes (ex. business clothes like a knee-length skirt, button-up shirt, and low heels): I might as well be wearing a club dress due to the comments. Cute gym clothes get a lot of comments, ratty or tomboy gym clothes don't. Surprisingly, pajamas or the yoga pants/uggs/sweatshirt trifecta get a lot of comments. I'm the most invisible when I'm dressed in tomboy, or punk/goth/metalhead-type clothes.     Do you encounter a difference when it comes to White men versus men of any other race?    I generally don't assume a White guy will say anything to me, because they usually don't. The ones who have said things have been visibly drunk/high/unstable or bored teenagers. Black men are the source of most comments, to the point that my natural reaction to a random black male's voice has been to give a dirty look. I try to be less jumpy, realizing reacting like that all the time could get me in trouble, yet still aware. Asian and Middle Eastern men practically ignore me, and there aren't enough Mestizos for me to comment on them in general.     Did you see the 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman video? How did you feel about it?    I think maybe the reactions might have been different if she wore a looser outfit (or tight pants/loose top, or tight top/loose pants) but if someone tried to guess the plot as anything other than A bunch of Black men are going to say stuff to her, I would assume they're Hellen Keller, they're in denial, or they've lived in rural North Dakota their whole lives with no TV or internet.