Ok, time out here. I had to re-read this when after checking out some comments and having my motives called into question or miscontrued, I realized this had started out as a question about (primarily) men catcalling women, which is an innocent and essentially harmless thing to do (regardless of whether or not it's annoying), and turned into an "I was attacked/almost got raped" thing.

We are definitely talking about two different issues here.

EVERYTHING in society nowadays is sexually charged, and yes, I would likely be willing to have sex with someone if I was willing to say that. It does not make me a rapist or a threat. The problem is that people, men and women, often literally work their asses off to be sexy, buy clothing and perfume/cologne and jewelry to be sexy, go to sexy/chic places to be sexy, and style their hair to be sexy, but when there's any kind of unwanted advance, suddenly the man (or woman, although I doubt any men would complain) is a potential predator. "Please check me out; no, it's not ok to say anything or hit on me."

See, that's the problem. I'm even a nice guy, and I can't win.

It's definitely not something that I do because it just seems crude, but it would be nice if I could walk by and say something like "Wow, nice legs!" and not be considered an asshole just because I was trying to be nice. I know enough women to know that most women are ok with compliments, but I can see how "Hey, baby!" yelled out of a passing car would be responded to with the middle finger.