All I'm asking for is a little respect

“Hey you”,“you’re beautiful”, * whistles * are some of the things I hear when I would walk down a street where I am from. Hearing this almost every day walking from school you get used to it and start to ignore it. This happens to some women all the time and they ignore it because that’s all they can do. As I got older I realized this shouldn’t be something I should get used to or something I should ignore. When I talked to other people about it, they told me that I should be flattered that someone is calling me beautiful and is giving me attention. This attention is something I don’t want or appreciate. It’s attention from strangers and beeping or whistling at me is not going to make me want to talk to you. As women we should all be respected if men want respect from us then we should be treated with respect also. This is a type of harassment and it should be taken seriously. Having men open their eyes to this problem makes it easier to get the word out because they need to realize that it is an issue that needs to be taken care of. No one should have to feel uncomfortable when walking down the street because guys can’t control themselves. Until this problem is taken care of women have to walk down the street with their head held high and they might choose to ignore the calling which shouldn’t be an option because this is not equality if the tables were turned and women started to yell out to men they way they yell out to women they would feel uncomfortable too.