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    PewneyAug 2, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    What a nice article! Of course it’s time to end that kind of harassment that girls have to face on campus. We, too, must mention the girls who hurl insults at male students like “No! I’m biggered!” or “I’m talled!” or “I’m for big people!” We know that the coeds all wish to have a football or basketball star for a boyfriend, but those are in limited supply each semester so, should all the girls enrolled at a campus wish to have nothing but a sports hero for a boyfriend or admirer, they perhaps should carry signs with them while on campus that state: “I am for a sports star only, so please no comments!”

    If there is another form of seclusion that these women might have that keep them safe from unwarranted comments on their physical appearance, the school should be open to suggestion. True, the other side of the coin is appropriate for male students, also. Perhaps they should wear signs that say “I am only for non-cheerleaders as I am quite puny; please no comments from Buffy!”

    We must seek equality on campus. There can be no half-measure here.

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    AnnonymousJul 23, 2015 at 3:57 pm

    This is what people need to hear…Thank you for writing this. I’m a female student at ARC. I’ve experienced the ‘cat-calling’, the annoying and inappropriate comments, the sexual harassment. It needs to stop. I want a college were i can learn and excel freely without having to worry what people will say or do, unfortunately ARC is far from that. But as a first gen college student and very little resources, ARC is my best option. Imagine u were me, starting college just after turning 17 and having men 23-25ish making sexual comments and starring at me as if i were prey. It’s not only annoying, It’s also scary….especially if they r being very aggressive. and of course not every guy is aggressive (some r plain annoying) but if we say its ok when ‘catcalling’ is annoying, how will we be able to stop it if it’s suddenly aggressive/violent?? As a minor, i’ve had guys ‘accidentally’ rub their bodies against me, grab my butt, touch my chest, make sexual comments. I once yelled to leave me alone, i was called a b**** and grabbed ( hard) and then pushed. The result of his tight grip was purple (bruised) finger marks on my rib cage and bruises on my arm….

    After a lot of going back and forth I’ve decided to enroll for the upcoming school year, I’ll be 18 by then (my second year at ARC). However, i will be not taking certain classes i want to take, because of the harassment i faced on certain sides of campus. Re-enrolling was a hard decision to make. The harassment, the cat calling is really the only thing i really dont like about ARC. I think its a big problem. I nearly dropped out because of it. But I believe, that together we can make a change and make ARC a safe place to learn.

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Opinion: Catcalling is a sign of a forgotten time – it’s time it ends