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Catcalling is NOT Flattering: Why I Stopped Running in Bushwick

NY Post writer Doree Lewak likes to parade herself in skimpy dresses in front of construction sites and says catcalling boosts her ego, adding that "when a total stranger notices you, it’s validating

Catcalling is NOT Flattering: Why I Stopped Running in Bushwick
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Catcalling is NOT Flattering: Why I Stopped Running in Bushwick

NY Post writer Doree Lewak likes to parade herself in skimpy dresses in front of construction sites and says catcalling boosts her ego, adding that "when a total stranger notices you, it’s validating

Catcalling is NOT Flattering: Why I Stopped Running in Bushwick

NY Post writer Doree Lewak likes to parade herself in skimpy dresses in front of construction sites and says catcalling boosts her ego, adding that “when a total stranger notices you, it’s validating.” You hate it? Lewak wonders. Oh, please…”don’t go rolling those sanctimonious eyes at me, young women of Vassar,” she wrote this past Monday in a piece titled “Hey, ladies — catcalls are flattering! Deal with it.” 

Lewak did a huge disservice to her fellow females by giving a nod of approval to absolutely unacceptable behavior in a major New York publication that, whether we like it…

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