Merry day after Christmas! We’re
posting a story that explains why some men cat-call women on the street. It's also about desiring people of the cloth and more generally about the
sexuality of a lapsed Roman Catholic. But what sticks out in our mind is this explanation
of cat-calls, or piropos:
“Theoretically, the ultimate point of the piropo is seduction,
but no one actually believes that will come to pass; all enunciators of piropos
are sexual agnostics. The real point of the piropo is to make the woman
smile, even if only inwardly.”
What a great explanation! We should note that “what differentiates [a piropo] from harassment is, in a word, wit.
Say something inappropriate, flat, dull, clumsy, silly or — the horror! —
gross, and you're a jerk, a loser, a schlemiel.” How nice, as a woman, to think
of witty comments as something apart from harassment.
To read more about piropos
and the erect nipples of a female Episcopalian priest, click here.