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Gen-Z Women Are Rising Up Against Catcalling Creeps By Barking At Them

It’s a thing now: if you get catcalled, bark back. 

Street harassment is one of life’s ickiest daily nuisances, especially if you live in a large city. But to be fair, street harassment can happen anywhere men lurk.

Whether it’s making uninvited comments about your body, telling you to smile, asking for your number, telling you you’re a b****, or creepily following you, street harassment is unnerving and annoying. And now, apparently some women have started barking at their street harassers. 

Over the past few weeks, women have been documenting their barking experiences on platforms like TikTok. And they’re not just barking at men—folks are barking at religious preachers, racist Trump supporters, and rude old people. 

https://www.tiktok.com/@itsimperial/video/6858360462585695494

@charliefrankk

I hate it here #emo #preach #god #fyp #barking #religion @_____jessicajane

♬ original sound – Gayblondeboy

@canadianh6lf

not on my watch #bark #growl #trumphater

♬ let me bark at them – stupid idiot

https://twitter.com/krrrissybaby/status/1301294808988868610

@starlutsthey were screaming names at me as they walked away and then they came back in a car flipping me off and yelling later on♬ original sound – starluts

Sometimes, barking gets the point across! Maybe cat-callers will just think you’re nuts and leave you alone, which is perfectly fine by me.

However, sometimes barking can backfire when you think you’re in one kind of situation and are actually in another, like this TikTok user who definitely barked at strangers in a bathroom. 

@meeeeeeelllllllllllll

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN #fyp #bark #awkward

♬ Human Wave – ✨Cassie✨

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