I can't recall ever using it. Seems old-fashioned to me.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180322-the-surprising-history-of-the-wolf-whi...

It's really all about 'follow-thru'.

If you 'wolf-whistle' and its a sincere 'icebreaker' or expression of interest, that leads on to eventual 'marriage' - then there is nothing at all wrong and its simply the best, etc.

But if you 'wolf-whistle' with no intention to 'follow thru' and be sincere, but to illicit a hopeful response to her 'putting out' like a easy slut. Then obviously, its going to be penalised when women complain.

So there is no 'black or white'.
You just have to take it for what it is and take it from there.

The law came in because of Construction guys doing the whistling, when in fact they should be 'working'.
Mind you, I remember a renovation on a Kiosk on a beach and females would purposely lay in front of the kiosk and at least 3 bared topless.
Of course, they became quite a 'distraction'.
But if I walked out there and told them to cover up or move away as they were inciting illicit 'wolf whistles' etc.
They would probably have a whinge and go organise a 'slut walk' down the mainstreet 

AiA wrote on Mar 30^th, 2018 at 11:58pm:


It probably is old fashioned now, but in the 70's and 80's it wasn't considered offensive. It was complimentary and usually occurred when you walked past a building site. I don't remember any females feeling threatened by it and mostly it gave them a laugh.

Now it's considered sexual harassment. Males can't even look at an attractive female for too long now, let alone give a whistle in appreciation.

The article hasn't touched on the anthropological reasons behind the wolf-whistle which is a pity as it's probably been with us in some form for millions of years.

There are two functions of a wolf-whistle. The first is to try and get random sex. If a male can impregnate a random female and not have to put any effort into raising the offspring it's a total bonus in furthering his lineage.

The chance of a construction worker getting sex as the result of wolf-whistling a random stranger is next to zero, but for the vast overwhelming majority of the existence of our species we've lived in small groups so when a male puts out this call to a passing female in that situation, it would be to a female he's familiar with and it probably paid of occasionally.

The second reason and particularly when it's done by groups of males, they're actually communicating with each other saying, hey check me out, I'm not gay.

Personally I've never wolf-whistled a stranger because I see it as demeaning for the guy doing it...look how desperate and needy I am.

Don't think I've ever did a wolf whistle but I love a perve. Women are scrumdiddlyumptious. I love floral dresses.