One way of increasing one’s (felt?) status is by proving that one can get away with making other people feel bad.
Good point.
… but that’s a rather different explanation to “some people do like to make others suffer [...] Catcalling is just a male way of doing that”, isn’t it?
Yes, I think you are right, it probably is more about status.
One way of increasing one’s (felt?) status is by proving that one can get away with making other people feel bad.
Good point.
… but that’s a rather different explanation to “some people do like to make others suffer [...] Catcalling is just a male way of doing that”, isn’t it?
Yes, I think you are right, it probably is more about status.