[quote=CA renter]Scaredy, when one of your clients is about to head off to prison, do you advise him to smile and nod when the other inmates catcall and whistle at him? Do you tell him that it’s “just a compliment,” and he should be happy about it?

Because that’s what it feels like to be a woman walking by yourself and having a group of sexually aggressive men catcall, grope, and make vulgar gestures at you.

Trust me, it’s not taken as a compliment; it’s a threat.[/quote]

The only reasonable advice for anyone afraid and feeling vulnerable is to be stronger, braver and tougher, and to fake it if you cant. I certainly wouldn’t advise them to try to change attitudes amongst prisoners or lodge complaints constantly about small transgressions against them.