VIDEO: Why Do Men Holla At Us So Much?
By Deborah Bennett, Senior Editor October 15, 2009 8:30 pm

Why do men think they can say whatever they want to women when they walk down the street? What is the best way to handle unwelcome comments or catcalls? We have tried just about everything, from ignoring them which seems to make it worse, because usually they just get louder (and often cruder) to try to get your attention.
Take a look at what this woman goes through from the moment she steps out of her door:
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jazzwatch
11-4-2009 11:39 pm
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BLAS1AN06
10-30-2009 11:20 am
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redstl
10-24-2009 10:39 pm
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double_jeapordy09
10-23-2009 5:05 am
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toodelicious4u
10-22-2009 2:41 pm
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mastdark
10-22-2009 11:12 am
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TMAC_35000
10-22-2009 6:14 am
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LaDawnThEGreaT1
10-22-2009 2:23 am
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kimb082003
10-21-2009 9:43 pm
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BlackCasper2001
10-21-2009 8:19 pm
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MsMerising
10-21-2009 3:13 pm
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mastdark
10-21-2009 11:39 am
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sexually_explicit
10-21-2009 11:06 am
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jazzwatch
10-21-2009 1:23 am
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Jae_Black
10-20-2009 11:28 pm
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sxxygirl_38
10-20-2009 9:05 pm
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sxxygirl_38
10-20-2009 8:59 pm
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MiiRaKHL
10-20-2009 8:54 pm
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earlwinfrey
10-20-2009 1:05 am
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stiletto07
10-19-2009 10:09 pm
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greywolf5
10-19-2009 8:39 pm
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gren1shaw2
10-19-2009 6:36 pm
« Previous 1 2 3jazzwatch
I would never say to lady nice booty or boobs, or let’s go out…..All I say to them is “Nice Hair” or “You should be on Hair Care Magazine”, they respond by saying “Thank you”…works for me……..
BLAS1AN06
@ redstl. women get hit on so much by rude guys that it ruins it for everyone.
redstl
I don’t agree with rude comments period, but how come when a nice guy like myself approach a woman (you know a d*** woman isn’t going to approach a man) catch a attitude. I don’t give you know dumb lines or nothing. I say hello..how are you ….I sware females are the worst!
double_jeapordy09
I especially can identify with this form of torment, I can’t even take a daily run in the neighborhood with a black man making sexual gestures or comments about my body parts. It’s anoying and creepy because you don’t know when some will actually try to invade your space. I stop running in my neighborhood, I invested ina eliptical for my home, so, I don’t have to be seen by these perve eveyday. I enjoy getting in my car and going to my destination. Because I don’t want to here that crap every day. The men today needs to learn how to talk to woman and young ladies, I hope they are not doing the females in their house hold this way, This just raise a question on the level of abuse in the black community house-holds. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
toodelicious4u
Men holla at me all the time! Most of the time I keeps it moving because I’m tired of broke ass MF’s thinkn they can have what ever they want! Their disrespectful reaction is: F**k you than, you b***h, s**t, stupid ass, etc! the list goes on!!!! they know they need to stop! Gettn all mad cuz they caint afford a decent woman or because they too ugly for me to give them direct eye contact! LOL
mastdark
Yup it is true….most men holla for sex. and it is true half the time they get it….as long as there are woman out there that will suck the skin off your privates like a vacuum just cause you have a nice car or money etc there will be guys that will continually “holla” hoping that you are that same type of one. It don’t matter how good or ugly you are.
I can’t blame them lol. To avoid this WOMEN…carry yourself with class and if you look like a w***e most of the time dudes will carry you like you are. Thats just that…having a great body for woman or a man can be a curse also.
TMAC_35000
That Top Model winner on #171 looks like a tranny.
LaDawnThEGreaT1
this video should be shown to all the young women that think its cute to dress provocative. men really don’t look at you. they looking at your body. good clip thou.
kimb082003
I know the feeling. Yeah it’s nice to get compliments but after a while it feels like harassment. Even though one guy doesn’t know the other it gets old. Makes you feel like you did something wrong or something.
BlackCasper2001
She was not flattered by all the attention and compliments. I know that many women who get attention in that way don’t like it but then there are women who need that to feel good so it’s a toss up. What happened is that all she went through made her have to think about the way the guy she was dealing with was. I don’t think a woman should contrast a guy she is interested in due to attention she get from other guys. Watching this clip showed me that women are very intense thinkers. But I feel think thinking too much creates confusion in people’s minds.
N.S. Ugezene
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MsMerising
First of all, how many folks have met their spouse on the street…?
*sound of crickets*
Thought so. Probably because most men (as in 99.9%) of men that hit on women on the street really do NOT have honorable intentions. The men talking about how the woman might be missing out on Prince Charming is just trying to lure in the insecure women because Prince Charming had what in abundance *drumroll* CHARM. Usually the men on the street trying to talk to you have no class (let alone charm) whatsoever.
I am one of those women who leaves the house and never looks busted. Not because I want attention from men but because I know I ony have a young body for so long and I want to enjoy my own beauty. I keep it simple during the day and on those special occasions (e.g. Maxwell concert) I go all out with the glam. I never reveal all my body. Personally I find being covered up but wearing clothes that fit well have a way of making you look gorgeous AND classy which are two qualities I like to work in tandem with one another. Class is big for me, so no mini catsuits baring shoulders and all legs for me (women, PLEASE do one or the other: show legs and cover up the top body or expose shoulders and cover up the lower body…THAT allows an air of mystery to your physique but only allowing one visual sample).
I used to get hit on in the streets ALOT when I lived in an area where alot of men trolled for women (Venice). After 2 years of being harrassed, disrespected and threatened by insecure men I was like “Forget beach living” and moved out to another part of LA where I am happy to say I am NEVER approached disrespectfully. I see men looking at me, they try to talk to me but the WAY they talk to me is VASTLY different (which I have no doubt is because the median income bracket is triple than what it was in the old neighbourhood). They are ALWAYS respectful. I am happy to accept a compliment from a gentleman who approaches me as a woman, who greets my eyes and more than likely has seen me before at the grocery store, taking a walk along the Main Street browsing stores. But men who yell out to you, who don’t even look at you, who yell from CARS (ergh – soooo trashy let alone lazy!) or debate how fine your feet are with their boys can keep away. PLEASE keep away.
mastdark
Number one your walking instead of pushin a whip
Number two you are wearing tight az pants and a tight az top
Number three half the time you will hop in the car.
Now aren’t all these characteristics of a hooker? Women step ya game up and show some class and you will be treated accordingly most of the time.
I was at a light one day and a woman was in a car in the left lane next to me and I tried to wave to her and honk my horn to tell her that her tire was really really low. I honked like 3 times, waved my hand…apparently she thought I was trying to holla at her and never looked over or turned her head. Women you are the most beautiful things in the world but c’mon cut it out…
sexually_explicit
There are more women in the world then men so its all about the numbers. Men see more woman there type than women see that is there type so the ratio is greater for men to holla.
jazzwatch
Some of the guys are a*****es when they holla at the sistas and that’s a valid point, but what if the DON’T holla? They call you ugly, or a lot worse….I jusr say “Nice HaIR”, and that’s G-rated,and it works for me…….
Jae_Black
Stop f**king with niggas and mess with a real man, niggas don’t know when to shut the f**k up and act like they wasn’t raised with some home training, a man will never step to you on some bulls**t like that, I know I wouldn’t women are beautiful and until them niggas become men there will always be THAT NIGGA lol on the real though!!!
sxxygirl_38
See, why can’t we as sexy, beautiful, intelligent women show our beauty and not get harrassed? Some compliments are crass and some or ok, but still it doesn’t give men the right to be disrespectful either.
sxxygirl_38
Why does Halle Berry look unhappy in some of her photos? Am I the only one noticing this?
MiiRaKHL
HAHAHA DAMN, IF THIS AINT THE TRUTH!
earlwinfrey
All I can say is, I apologize for all the ignorant brothers out there.
stiletto07
I feel that I can agree to every single comment that has been posted.No matter if you’re a woman who’s getting “hollered at”, or if you’re the man who’s doing the hollering, there is a respectful way to handle both sides. Men, somewhere down the line you may have came across a woman who didn’t care about how a man spoke to her. Maybe she was scared, submissive, or even had no self-respect. She turned around with a smile when you said “Aye girl”, or “psst”, as if you were trying to whisper to her in a busy crowd of people. I think that you have to examine the type of woman you are trying to approach. And women, sometimes it is in the way we dress. If we have on tight clothes with our “assets” showing, that may be a sign to a man that we want the attention(in which sometimes we do). The way you dress can say alot to a man. You cannot get upset if a man comes at you a certain way. You may be sending off the wrong signal. Yet, that does not mean I am saying a man has the right to talk to us in any kind of way. Almost every day I am approached by all kinds of men, even the rudest ones. Yet, I know that ignoring them doesn’t solve it. So, I politely smile, say “hello” and keep walking. I feel that a smile can go a long way, even if you are turning him down. I think that a man should learn from his approaches on what works and doesn’t work. Do not blame it on coming from a fatherless home, because you should learn from watching your mother or another woman you grew up with.You wouldn’t anybody saying “aye h**”or any other derogatory word to your mother or grandmother,so why would you dare do it to someone else’s daughter? Most of all, women are not trading cards or game board pieces. It is not a game to see how many women you can get and how far you can go with each. I think that if you could see it from our side of the spectrum, you would understand why we responding like we do. But women, just know that men aren’t invisible like ghosts.
greywolf5
Hmmm. Personally, I’ve never been one to do mcuh hollerin at women because at an early age I relaized that it best to like people who like me. I’ve seen gorgeous women who were with their children and I kept on steppin. Why? Because my mother was a good lookin woman and I always hated it when men would hit on her when I was there. But one thing I wish women would understand is how much control you have over this whole thing. Men are hard wired to get busy and mcuh and as often as we can. To achieve this you have to have thick skin and be very persistent. As a result of this we have a tendency to be results oriented. It becomes a numbers game. If you hit on 100 women in a week and collect 10 phone numbers that should give you about 3 out 10 chances to get laid (if your game is any good and maybe more if you are really smooth). And don’t forget that men are also “if it aint broke, don’t fix it orieted. So if “ooohh baby you sho look good” works 50% of the time then why change it. YA’LL NEED TO HAVE A MEETIN!
I wish ya’ll could be us for 1 year. I’d like to see how moral you’d be. How much you’d turn down. And how amazed you’d be at the stuff women actually will go for. Now for you mothers (especially single) with sons. You have a golden opportunity to help your sons become a blessing to someone’s daughter. Don’t spend so much time tellin your son “how cute he is”…Don’t let your frinds do it either. Instead, tell him how smart he is. Tell him that you want him to grow up to be MAN.It helps if you at least have a working idea of what one is. Stop callin him your baby all the damn time. Stop stylin his hair like he’s a pretty boy. Get a doll if you wanna do that mess. Stop bringin home men you don’t want him to be like and surround him with men you admire. EVEN IF THEY AIN’T YOUR MAN!!!! NEVER EVER LET HIM HEAR THAT YOU DON’T LIKE OR TRUST WOMEN. IF YOU, BEIN A WOMAN DON’T LIKE OR TRUST WOMEN, THEN WHY SHOULD HE? STOP TALKIN ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS TO YOUR GIRLFRIENDS IN FRONT OF YOUR SONS. THEY HEAR EVERY WORD. TELL HIM THE TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN, NOT ALL OF THAT FANTASY BASED CRAP BECAUSE MANY OF YOU WOULD CALL PRINCE CHARMING A PUNK AND KICK HIM TO THE CURB. IF HIS FATHER WAS SUCH A DOG, THEN WHY’D YOU GIVE HIM SOME IN THE 1ST PLACE? YOUR SON IS NOT YOUR MAN! IT’S HARD ENOUGH TRYIN TO FIGURE OUT LIFE/MANHOOD WITHOUT YOU PUTTIN ALLA YOUR MESS ON HIM.
gren1shaw2
For me no response is the best response. Make sure by your facial expression that you are not interested. Make sure you have eye to eye contact, which let them know I heard you and I am aware that you are talking to me. I have not had any problems or disrespectiful respones. I believe a real man can and will respect that response. Most men can read face pretty good, I have even had some to say that they were SORRY for being disrespectful. They have even made the statement “You Must Have A Damn Good Man”. WHICH I DO! My Man Holla At Me All The Time, And I Like It…