Two minutes, Two harassers, One very brave woman.

I was walking down Broadway between 145th and 144th today at around 1:30 pm when I saw two guys walking my way. I knew immediately from the lecherous expressions on their face that they were preparing to catcall me, so I braced myself for it. Sure enough, out come the "Heeeey seeeexy" and "You look good in that dress" comments and the lewd, full-body eye scans. I immediately stopped in my tracks and put my hand up to signal "stop." They were so surprised that they actually jumped back! I told them they were being really disrespectful and that I didn't solicit or appreciate their comments. They responded predictably, with one going on the defensive ("I just said you look nice in that dress. What's wrong with that?") and the other continuing to make sexual comments to me all the while. I started off on my way again, repeating for a final time that they should learn to treat women with more respect and dignity. I crossed 144th and about 3 seconds later was confronted AGAIN by ANOTHER catcaller. This guy was handing out flyers for some business. I waved my hand to refuse the flyer (I wish I had taken a copy, though, because it would be good to let his employer know about his bad behavior) and as I did he began making lewd comments. Again I stopped and told him he was being disrespectful and that I didn't appreciate his comments. I hadn't even finished my sentence before he blew up, yelling, "You best walk away! I just got outta prison! I'll smack you across the street!" He moved closer to get in my face, continuing to issue his barrage of threats and altering his stance to try to make himself look more dangerous, but I held my ground and called him out on his phony threats, pointing out that we were in broad daylight, so even if he did try anything stupid it would lead him straight back into prison. He said he didn't care, and I replied, "Well then I'm sad for you. That's a sad life you're leading if you really want to go back to prison that badly." He continued making threats as I walked away, and I yelled back, "Women are people too!" and "What would your mother think?!?". After I finished my lunch I came back out, with my iPhone ready, and I took these snapshots of him. Submitted by Carey, who also submitted My Chat with some CatCallers