Buenos Aires Mayor: All Women Like to Be Catcalled
[Buenos Aires
Mayor: All Women Like to Be
Catcalled by Jasmine Garsd]
"Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos
Aires, has recently found himself in
hot water over his views on
catcalling women on the streets of
Argentina.
A few weeks ago, he defended
catcalling, a common practice in
Latin America that has become
increasingly controversial. The
55-year-old is now in the news again
for a picture of him lasciviously
eyeing a 17-year-old pop star, which
went viral this week in Argentina.
Earlier Macri had said that women
shouldn’t be offended by sexual
comments directed toward them by men
in public, even as groups are
working to raise awareness that most
women feel harassed by them.
"Women who say they don’t like it,
and are offended by it, I don’t
believe it” said Macri on the “FM
Masters” radio show. "There is
nothing nicer than a piropo, even if
it’s accompanied by something
offensive, if someone says ‘nice
culo’ it’s all good..." Full text:
All Women Like to Be Catcalled,
According to Buenos Aires' Mayor
