Who knew that writing about ass grabbing and street catcalling would illicit such a flood of responses? Thanks to the slew of men who’ve written in with 5-paragraph essays on the topic – they’ve been enlightening, to say the least. Here are a couple great ones:
Ms. Lafsky,
As I’m sure you know already from what you [...]

I’ve never really gotten the whole men-catcalling-on-the-street phenomenon. It seems like men have honed the art of ogling and hooting to a science, perfecting timing and peripheral vision so they can stop on a dime, drop whatever they’re doing and stare like hyenas eyeing the baby zebra falling behind the herd. Sure, I understand the [...]

Bless you, Michael Noer, author of the journalistic gem “Don’t Marry Career Women” (originally removed from the Forbes website in an obvious mea culpa but then reposted with a female rebuttal), for saving my relationship. Here I was second-guessing my decision to quit my six-figure job, fretting and fussing over whether my darling boyfriend [...]

I still remember the first time I saw Do The Right Thing. I was 12 or 13, leaning against the couch in a friend’s living room, trying not to look mesmerized by the unorthodox characters shouting from the TV as her older brother watched movie on VHS. I asked him where all this fabulous chaos [...]

And the fateful day has arrived at last! After months of coma-inducing media enthrallment and inexhaustible hype, here I sit, counting the hours, tickets bought and Friday evening pre-planned for maximum enjoyment of the true cinematic Ulysses that will be Snakes On A Plane. For a devout apostle (such as myself) of really fucking [...]

“Keep your hips in! Tuck them under you!” my nineteen-year-old instructor calls out, motioning with both hands as the Long Island bay laps over his calves. I turn to look at him, the mop of blond hair, Billabong wetsuit outlining his reedy build and wraparound sunglasses reflecting sunlight directly in my eyes.
Bam! My balance [...]

“Women, they just, they suck!”
I stare at the speaker, a tanned, well-built banker in his early thirties, attractive as much as there’s nothing physically wrong with him, his blue eyes void of self-reflection.
“Umm, not sure how I’m supposed to respond to that.” I try to keep my tone friendly; he’s an acquaintance, the kind [...]

“Hey man, check it out,” Boyfriend says to his friend, his voice steeped in the predatorial urgency that men only use when speaking to other men. Hearing the tone and guessing its purpose, I open my eyes and sit up on my beach towel, first squinting to see Boyfriend and Friend standing a few feet [...]