These Men Freak Out When They Discover The Women They Are Harassing Are Their Moms in Disguise

[Triana]

Street harassment is something that happens to women all over the globe. It may begin to occur a lot less in Lima, Peru after an extremely creative Public Service Announcement, which was sponsored by Everlast aired. The video shows what happens when men harass an attractive woman in the street, only to soon find out that the woman is in fact their own mother in disguise. The results are nothing short of hilarious. The video is called Harassing Your Mother.

The host of the video starts out by saying:

“7 out of 10 women are sexually harassed on the streets of Lima, Peru. Men who do it think it is a minor offense. Let’s show them that they are wrong.”

They find “repeating offenders” who harass women on the streets, then proceed to get in contact with their mothers. The moms then get a makeover that makes then look fabulous and not immediately recognizable.

The first man in the video calls out to a woman that he does not know is actually his mother saying (at least according to the translation):

“Tasty panties!”

The mother then turns around and walks up to her son. The realization that he just catcalled his own mother dawns on him as he says, “Mama?”

LINK:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/24/moms-in-disguise/

[seabeyond]

1. its just a game.... bottomfeeders. we get the game. it is called misogyny. nt

[malthaussen]

25. Kinda like approval of Congress

You know, your Congressman sucks, but mine's great, so we re-elect 96% of that body when overall approval is 10%. Similarly, harassing women is just fine -- unless it's one of MY women being harassed, in which case I'll kill you. I've always found that kind of compartmentalization fascinating.

-- Mal

[seabeyond]

26. ownership. that is what all this is about. these bottomfeeders are placing ownership on perfect

strangers. to extend on what you are talking about. not only do they get pissed if a man does that to their woman, BUT.... they do not do it to the girls and women that are with men. cause out of respect of that man, she is already owned and he does not want to step on the mans toes.

at every point, it is fuck the girl or woman.

and i include girl, cause this begins for our girls at about 12. and it does not end.

someone stated in this thread didnt happen in the past. such ignorant and uninformed thinking. any given time we have these threads, tons of women discuss our experience, starting at a very young age.

[lunatica]

51. Having lived in Mexico the first 25 Years of my life

I must say you nailed it. Women are either saintly virgins or sluts. Your women are saintly virgins, especially your mother. Everyone elses women are sluts.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I saw this on Facebook and it is perfect.

The men are immediately defensive and start stammering and trying to blame someone else!

It's also very sad that they won't admit their error. This behavior is so firmly entrenched in society that they cannot get away from it, even when it involves their mothers.

K&R

[rurallib]

5. "start stammering and blame someone else"

sounds like a republican that just got caught doing something wrong.

Sorry - couldn't help myself.

[alittlelark]

8. It most certainly does...... n/t

[kairos12]

9. Blaming Benghazi.

[alphafemale]

33. It really is when they think it is anonymous.

It is almost like they are shouting at the TV or something.

Ages ago I was a waitress and got to know some construction guys working near by.

Well one day I got the business ...and hollered back at them. "Hey! This is ME!"

The response. From the leader. "Oh hi, Lori. Sorry. We didn't realize you were actually a person."

Wait? What?

[calimary]

73. LOVE IT! I shared this on Facebook!

They SHOULD be defensive. Would you do that to YOUR mother, you cad?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Shaming is a good thing. We should have more of it. In EVERY language! I love this woman!!!

[freshwest]

3. Love this! Thanks for posting the video.

[Leith]

4. Good

When I was younger (in the 70s), I had my share of harassment. It was degrading and scary. I sometimes wondered how the harassers would feel if someone did it to their mothers or sisters or what their own family members would feel knowing their son or brother was treating women that way. Now we know.

This video makes me smile. Thanks for posting it.

[Rozlee]

60. It was really bad back in the 70s and even to the 80s.

I had to take the bus everywhere in San Antonio and even with my children with me, I'd still get badly harassed, and I have to admit, the worse offenders were my fellow Latinos. Ironically, considering the clip we just watched, I'd sometimes yell back at them, "I know your mother, pinche culero!" Not that it ever helped. Acknowledging them in any way just made it worse. The street harassment seems to have disappeared for the most part these last decades. I never hear young girls being cat-called and wolf-whistled at the way women were back in those days.

[seabeyond]

67. i was walking into the convenience store with teenage son yesterday. a truck pulled in, as i was

walking thru the door, and i got a whistle.

i am old, but they could not tell from my backside. my teenage son with me got to hear the repetitive bullshit i have had for a lifetime.

handful of months ago, two young men in a truck at a stop sign. i am turning in front of them and one leans out and yells... i love you.

again. old here.

i may not get it as much being older, but, that does not seem to stop it either. i think the fools. mouthing off before they even realize i could be their mother.

i do not see it lessening. as a matter of fact, i feel a darker, greasy, smelly underbelly to it all today, that i did not feel in the past.

my niece, even at 11 getting boobs, thinking she was a kid, god forbid, was outside playing in the sprinklers with my sons 9 and 7. i happen ot look out the window to see a truck, with two young men slow down, slow down to almost a creepy stop, watching my niece. i started heading out the door to see them pull in the neighbors driveway, to turn around to take another look. by the time they got to my niece again, i was out there. they took off.

what was my niece thinking she was a kid and could still play in the sprinklers with her two younger cousins. seeing how she started developing early.

[Rozlee]

72. Yes, sexual harassment will never be over.

And there will always be lowlifes who never got the memo, especially if they're posturing with friends or if they're charged with testosterone after heavy drinking. And children, even pre-pubescent children, are to be monitored from actual sexual predators. In my 50s, I've noticed that the only real sexual harassment I've gotten has mostly been in subtle hints for assignations, especially now that it's become known my husband has Alzheimer's. But, I've become very reclusive, rarely going many places besides doctor appointments with my husband, an occasional charity event or visiting my grandchildren at their homes.

[arcane1]

77. As a long-haired man, I've had a few occasions to enjoy the looks on their faces when I turn around

I suspect a lot of that contemporary underbelly is the variety, and depravity, of available forms of media compared to even just a few decades ago. If someone is inclined to have that ownership point of view, they can find it validated everywhere, without even trying. It adds up!

[seabeyond]

78. i agree with your point. absolutely.

and i think that would be such a hoot to see their faces also. i feel the same, when some kid my son's age realizes, lol

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. oh HELL FUCKING YES!!!!!

Goddammit, every person on DU who posts in support of Human Rights, People if Color, GLBT, Disabled,...Animal Rights too....

If you post and KnR because those are important issues, then you damn sure better post and participate on THIS.

Fucking pukes are trying to kill us, fucking misogynists trying to kill us, while mocking, harrassing, silencing US is still a big social joke.

[JonLP24]

7. For some reason I'm reminded of an Immortal Technique song

which tells a story that describes something similar a 100,000 steps further. The odd part of that is at-the-end song he claims the story is true and the reason for that he is because he was "there" which the context of which heightened my curiosity (if it is true, he should be in prison) and searches uncovered countless other people asking the same question but I think his explanation was he didn't mean it literally but more figuratively that he was there.

[hunter]

10. My mom's kids wouldn't ever do that.

And if they did... no, I don't want to think about it.

Our family is an honorable and ancient matriarchy.

The rotten males don't eat, don't have a place to live, and that's not the worst of it.

[mountain grammy]

11. This is really good. I loved when mom started smacking her son..

I would have done the same thing.

[BlueJazz]

12. This kind of behavior didn't start until Obama became President.

Seriously, I don't remember ever doing that and I'll bet a VERY large percentage of DU Men can say the same thing.

On Edit: I did kinda' the same thing once to a 1957 Chrysler 300/Hemi head, but I doubt if it cared.

[brer cat]

15. Are you joking, BlueJazz?

"This kind of behavior didn't start until Obama became President." Unbelievable.

[BlueJazz]

20. Of course I am. That's why I started the second part with "Seriously"

[2naSalit]

29. Typical of those who do such things or just pretend it wasn't a problem until...

How old are you? This crap has been going on at least as long as I have been alive... like at least six decades.

If you are not part of the solution, YOU are part of THE PROBLEM.

What an apologist and Obama blaming mindless response.

[BlueJazz]

40. Ah...ummm. Have a nice day. I like you also.

[DustyJoe]

32. seriously

Blue, after having posts alerted on and hidden for obvious sarcasm or dry humor, I have found that a sense of humor wry, dry or playful only works for very few long time posters on here. A generous sprinkling of the 'sarcasm' smiley and many 'just kidding' or 'not really' help to defer the wrath of readers who take every word seriously on a political message board.

[BlueJazz]

36. Yep. One rather funny incident happened 2 ? years ago. Forget exactly but it went something..

...like this>> A woman posted that her neighbor was doing something mild to her yard or trash or whatever.
I posted a pic of a house burning down, complete with fire trucks and what not.
OMG...the proverbial shit hit the fan. went to jury...lost of course and had comments like "Not cool to burn somebody's house down"

I thought to myself "Do you REALLY think I would burn somebody's house down, go to jail for 5-20 years, lose everything I have, destroy my life.. because they threw some leaves over the fence...Sweet Jesus people!!..where in the hell are you from?"

PS: Probably from the Midwest...satire is not their thing...ouch! Can tell you some stories about THAT!

[obxhead]

47. Then you do it again with location hate.

[BlueJazz]

48. OK..you wonder why I said that?. Here goes> LOL! > First day in Minneapolis. Go to store...

...see about 5-6 people looking at car. Sticker on car reads "Experimental car: Do not wash" (car was old and filthy)
The people were talking about why somebody would use their car for an experiment like that. I thought "WTF"...are they serious??? I thought any second somebody in the group would say "HA!..we Gotcha!!"...No, they were serious.
Whoa!

Went into Cub foods...Get box of cereal and Equal and Milk...take to checkout...cereal was new brand/type...cereal does not ring up....cashier asks me if I know the price (My humor bell rings) I say 17 cents. Cashier gets REALLY pissed and said that that's a crime to lie about prices and blah, blah, blah. I'm standing there with my mouth open...
...still expecting a TV host to come out and say "We gotcha AGAIN!!" NO..She was serious and Pissed!
There's many other little stories with the same theme.

Soo..I learned that the people there are very educated and intelligent but take things VERY Lit-er-al.
Satire seems to go way, way over their head.
You know the thing about "Minnesota nice" Yeahhh..I didn't have the heart to tell them that it's a joke.
Ouch!
I liked the people tho...the cold..not so much.

[Starry Messenger]

17. You MUST be joking.

I've been harassed in public by men since 1986.

[BlueJazz]

18. Oh...well...that sucks. There's nothing I can say that will make you feel better....but of course,

...I'm not suppose to. I could listen though.
Every day I learn some things that are wonderful and cerebral (Physics) and then there are things I wish I didn't learn but know I should.

[Starry Messenger]

19. I feel awesome, there's nothing wrong with me. :)

I just couldn't let that pass without comment. Don't you have sisters or girl cousins? Seriously, ask around. Most women from the age of puberty up have some gnarly war stories.

[BlueJazz]

21. No Family. (Plane crash) Yes, I realized some of what you say but (now I think about it) ..

Last edited Sun Jan 25, 2015, 09:27 AM - Edit history (1)

...most women would not like to share certain details in their past. I've never intruded on other people's feelings. ??? Probably from my Band days. (You don't want to hear it!)

Edit: spelling

[Skittles]

22. honestly the occasional hoot didn't bother me

but when they get ugly and demanding - and believe me it does happen - it's a different story......just asked the guy whose toes I stomped because he made a remark in VERY bad taste to me while he was wearing flip flops and I was wearing....combat boots

[BlueJazz]

50. You Rascal!

[belzabubba333]

57. assault is ok ?

i thought assault was frowned upon here

[Skittles]

61. you never heard ME say that

perhaps I should add it was a repeat offender, never repeated again

[belzabubba333]

65. can i just smack a woman cause she says something i dont like - no - why didnt you go to jail

[Skittles]

74. the remark was a threat

and since he blocked my path I let him have it

these days he would be arrested for stalking

he got off easy

DONE HERE

[CrispyQ]

31. I would say the majority of men probably don't behave that way,

but there are enough who do that it is a huge problem. I'm 57 & I still get honked & hollered at while waiting at the bus stop. Also, many men will not behave that way in front of other men.

[chervilant]

41. Actually, I have to challenge your assertion

that "the majority of men probably don't behave that way." A significant percentage of men DO behave this way, and it's time to acknowledge and address this reality.

I have been harassed and/or abused by men the majority of my 59 years on this planet. I have advocated for hundreds of women who have been abused and harassed by men. A brief perusal of the literature on the battered women's movement reveals a frightening percentage of women being abused by men (about a third, and this is widely believed to be an under-reported crime).

Crimes against women are NOT committed by a "small" percentage of men. The featured video cites that 70% of women in Lima, Peru experience street harassment. What percentage of men do YOU think are willing to harass women on OUR streets?

Until men start to shun their peers who rape, abuse, harass or otherwise disrespect women, we will NEVER see a sea change in the patriarchal precepts that tell men they are the superior gender and women that they exist for the pleasure of men.

[IronLionZion]

35. Sure it happened, but Obama made it much worse

sexual harassment is a little known part of Obamacare, next to dhimmitude and the provision for mandatory gay marriage for everyone. It's part of his grand plan to bring ISIS and Ebola through Mexico while killing oil and coal jobs for no reason but pure mean-spirited spite.

[BlueJazz]

37. Well..finally...somebody feels the same way I do.

I better say this is Sarcasm...Grrrr.

[chervilant]

42. Personally,

I do not find your posts funny, or even remotely interesting. "I better say this is Sarcasm...Grrr."? Are you minimizing the issue of street harassment? Does this issue embarrass you? Make you feel defensive?

I think I better relegate you to my IL, because I've had enough of thinly-veiled derisive responses about violence against women--and, believe me, street harassment IS violence against women.

[2naSalit]

43. +100000000000000000!!

Thank you. Well stated. This isn't a topic that's even remotely appropriate to joke about... especially by male persons.

[belzabubba333]

58. they are after all only words

[chervilant]

62. Sarcasm?

Condescension? Hard to tell...

Best you join that other person on my IL.

[lark]

46. Wrong, wrong, wrong!

It's probably happened throughout history, but know for myself it was rampant in the 60's and 70's when I didn't have a car and walked or rode bikes everywhere in the city. I'd always have to change, put on a high necked top and go from shorts to jeans, mini dress to maxi dress, or I'd pay the price. Even completely covered up from neck to toes, I'd still get harassed sometimes, but when I went somewhere downtown quickly, without thinking about what i was wearing, oh Lord did I pay the price in embarrassment and getting hit on. One time a guy grabbed me and was dragging me to his car, while I was screaming, and trying to pull away. Luckily there was a good cop around who pulled him off at gunpoint and cuffed him. I decided that my safety and peace of mind was more important than not adding to pollution so got a car the next day. This was in San Jose California in 1971

[dflprincess]

13. I loved this

though I had the sense that not everything the moms were saying made it into the subtitles

[mythology]

14. An interesting approach

But I don't know if it will have a broader impact than the guys who ended up harassing their mom. It certainly can't hurt though.

[cstanleytech]

16. I have never understood why some guys feel the need to treat people like this. nt

[Triana]

24. They don't consider women people. n/t

[Behind the Aegis]

23. This happens to so many types of people by both men and women.

I have been harassed for being gay and Jewish. I have had African-American friends harassed. I have seen people in wheelchairs ridiculed. Of course, I have also seen women catcalled. The difference? All of the aforementioned examples, except for the catcalls against women, are almost always universally condemned. When it comes to women, the harassment is excused or minimized in ways that no other group faces! "Smile!" "You are so pretty!" or whistling are seen as "non-offensive", even complementary. Why is a stranger commenting on your state of being or how you look relevant? The more offensive calls are sometimes condemned, but I have even seen those excused as being "first world problems." It isn't a 'first world problem' when you are a second class citizen!

The problem is more than a few people lack sympathy, and definitely have no concept of empathy.

[Demeter]

27. Fabulous news! Made my day

I also love your sig line....

[Triana]

44. . . .

[historylovr]

28. K & R

Oh, that's good!

[2naSalit]

30. Love it! K&R!!!

[Dont call me Shirley]

34. Great idea! Thanks for posting!

[cp]

38. Brilliant!

Thanks for finding and sharing this very creative response.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

39. I wonder what kind of guy makes cat calls to women.

When I was a young man I appreciated an attractive woman as much as the next fella. In fact I still do. But I would never attempt to make a lewd comment to a stranger.

[99Forever]

45. K&R

[catbyte]

49. An episode of "Designing Women" dealt with this using humor. It was good.

[chrisa]

52. Please choose your MRA-approved response:

1. As a male, I never had this happen to me. Therefore, it is not a problem for women.

2. If we can't harass women on the street, then how are we supposed to meet women?

3. I never do this to women, so this video is offensive to me! Waaaaah!1!!

4. Two years ago, this woman gave me unwanted sexual attention. Therefore, I am a great source of information for street harassment, and you whiny feminists are all exaggerating! Women do this all of the time too!

5. I wish women would compliment me on the street!

6. They were obviously dressed like they wanted attention. You can't blame the men for their behavior. They're just guys being guys!

7. If you're not a street harasser, then you're probably a spineless 'nice guy!' There's no in-between! Besides, women love being harassed anyways!

Just in case:

[SunSeeker]

53. LOL! Perfect. nt

[seabeyond]

71. thinking about this, and from my perspective and experience both recently and a lifetime of it.

you are right on what you posted btw, and the sarcasm? meh, not thinking that is the right word. cause really, you simply identified all the comments women and girls hear, all their lives.

that being said. thinking this thru. from my perspective as a woman.

what this really is, is men yelling to me, out of the blue, whether their wanker is soft and shriveled (cause i do not meet their dick criteria), or standing at attention cause i am hot.

that is where i bottomline it.

it has nothing to do with me. i am going thru my day.

just a man, telling me about his dick one way or another.

[Nye Bevan]

76. 8. Snopes says "fake".

http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/catcalling.asp

[SunSeeker]

54. K & R

[KittyWampus]

55. When I got a dirty phone calls in college- I said to whoever the idiot was

"would you say this crap to your mother or sister"? And the idiot did hang up quick.

[PumpkinAle]

56. Very, very clever

but how sad they have to do this.

[fbc]

59. Hilarious!!!

[cwydro]

63. This is fantastic!

Thank you for posting it!

[belzabubba333]

66. why isnt this a free speech issue? charlie hebdo was doing this on a religious level to

all religious people but c.h.'s free speech to mock and insult the religious is cheered here

[seabeyond]

68. why arent you allowed to throw out racist, misogynist, homophobic slurs to people? you are.

there are no laws telling you not to. and as a society we can say, .... "fuck you, bottomfeeder". our free speech.

[LanternWaste]

69. Which government is attempting to suppress this?

"why isnt (sic) this a free speech issue?"

Which government is attempting to suppress this, and denying these males their god-given right to harass women?

Or do you simply believe that when confronted with the consequences and counter-opinions of their own speech, it then, and only then becomes an issue of free speech (which would be rather sophomoric to entertain, yes?)?

[Warren DeMontague]

79. You mean like when people ask why these idiotic hoaxes get continually flogged (140 recs! Derp)

as if they prove something menacing and far-reaching, instead of just the marginal skills of amateur videographers?

http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2015/01/27/video-of-boys-being-tricked-into-catcalling-their-moms-is-a-hoax/


That sort of consequence and counter-opinion?

[In_The_Wind]

70. K & R

[Nye Bevan]

75. Snopes says FALSE (staged)

http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/catcalling.asp

[LWolf]

80. While I experienced constant

harassment of this type in my youth, I'm confident that my adult sons have NEVER, and WILL never, treat women like this.

If there is one thing I've done right in my life, it's leaving my sons with a clear set of values that includes respect and empathy for others.

Whether this was real or staged, pointing out the hypocrisy in how some treat female family as opposed to the rest of the female population can't hurt.