street harassment =/= an actual assault

I understand drawing the equivalency in order to heighten sensitivity to the dilemma
but all that does is make men respond by saying "oh I'm a rapist now for saying hi on the street?! fuck that!" i.e. this post
and disserves the point of trying to make other people get that women feel their lives are in danger when they hear catcalls.
as you can see in this post, that's a REALLLLLY hard thing for men to even comprehend, let alone understand and sympathize with
trying to imply it's a criminal act is not the solution
I don't know what is, but it's not that

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No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. (c) HL Mencken or some other motherfucker.