Wonderful stuff! Thank you thank you thank you. I've had to sea with my share of cluelessly-misogynistic writing from entitled college boys in the past; I also do a lot of writing for websites on women's sexuality and sometimes I struggle with how difficult it is to communicate the ways in which explicit language can be so deftly (or clumsily, as it turns out) utilized within such different contexts. This piece gave me some wonderful insights…and spoke to my own experiences.

Excellent, as always. I am wanting to post more pagan-themed pieces in my blog, inspired by your brilliant templates. I did one for Imbolc last month: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/themediawitches/2015...

Great post. I've been a runner since my late teens, off and on. I came back to it in my late 40s, more of a jogger (two miles my max), and it quite literally saved my ice during a very rough divorce. I don't get as many catcalls etc. as I did when I was younger but it is astonishing how often it still happens. And horrible to think I would have to carry a weapon. I don't listen to my iPod or otherwise distract myself, trying to remain alert. And I bring my dog with me when I go jogging at night, in summer when it's too hot go during the day. And I am not one to remain silent, either but trying to ignore these idiots is usually the best way to be able to carry on with my run. The comments about the young boys are disturbing; I have also noticed this behavior is more prevalent among this age group now. I wonder if easier access to porn makes them feel they can insult women with impunity, since they're used to fantasizing about anonymous women. Too bad it doesn't just make them want to worship them and treat them well. Now that I am 50, my tendency s to want to say touch young men: "I am more than old enough to be your mother; would you want some punk like you to talk to your mother like that on the street? How would it make you feel?"