A woman going by the username @ImJustCeej and Twitter name Miss Black Awareness has recently started a hashtag called to express the annoyance over harassment and catcalling.

It caught the attention of twitterattis from all over the world, and they supported it by sharing their thoughts using the hashtag.

Here’re some of the CJ’s tweets which caught the attention of many women across the world:

They crazy part about is the number of men who have entered my mentions harassing me about how they never harass women. 🤔😭

— Miss Black Awareness (@ImJustCeej)

 

“He blocked me from walking to the register when I was ignoring him in CVS and we been together since that day!” -NO WOMAN EVER

— Miss Black Awareness (@ImJustCeej)

 

And, below are some kickass tweets from other women:

He honked at me while I was walking & yelled out the window. I liked the way he wasnt afraid to tell the world about our love.

— Imani Boyette (@ImaniBoyette)

 

“I wore shorts today because I WANT to get stared at and hit on in the streets, by all means just follow me home! 😻”

— مريم (@mariamjxde)

He shouted sexual comments at me from his car. I ignored him so he called me a lesbian. That’s when I knew he was the one

— Caroline Bettridge (@CMBettridge)

 

“He screamed sexual profanities at me from a moving car as I was walking from the bars, and that’s how I met your dad.” said

— Sara Petty (@_spetty)

 

I was a lesbian, but after he told me that I was too pretty and that he could change my mind, I couldn’t help myself!

— ShinyBlackGirl (@ShinyBlackGirl1)

Nonetheless, men found the hashtag offensive and as CJ told Buzzfeed in an Interview that she was receiving tweets like, “If we don’t approach you guys on the street, how are we supposed to meet?”

Umm, how about being less creepy and not referring to yourself as Romeo? ‘Cause boy, ‘Doth mother knoweth thou doeth this?’ Also, drop the ‘Gudh dekha makkhi jaisa fit ho gaya’ attitude. Be as classy as a wine taster. JK.

Just be yourself. Unless, you’re Donald Trump. In that case, don’t be yourself.

If women are criticized on social media too, does freedom of speech really exist?

When I read through some of the tweets myself, I felt the anger boiling up inside me. Catcalling is not uncommon for the women of India. I know how uncomfortable it feels to be stared at by men who have no idea how wrong it is. The tweets are mainly targetted towards men since we’ve barely heard of any cases where women were the ones catcalling other men or women.

We’ve all seen that a lot of catcalling is promoted through Bollywood movies. The persistence of Bollywood protagonists is apparently very appealing to the female protagonists. The absurd thought that “No means Yes” is what really gets the catcallers going.

Agree?

Men NEED to understand that catcalling is NOT COOL. No, it will not help you get a girlfriend. No, it will not make you a “stud”. Anything forceful from your end is not going to impress girls, okay?

Most of the cases I’ve heard about eve-teasing in India have either gone unnoticed by the police, or the offender is bailed easily. How long will it take for people to realize that cat-calling can have a traumatic impact on the victim?