Obscene phone calls and 'come-ons' Being a female also meant dealing with sexism and come-ons from time to time.
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But what she encounters are tasteless come-ons and rape fantasies.
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And those come-ons can be as breathless as any telemarketer's pitch.
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"Come strangle my dove" is one of Beardo's more dubious come-ons.
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The man's tantrums and come-ons are all reported by the woman.
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Pia Wurtzbach fielded questions — and cheeky come-ons — for an hour on Twitter.
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She says the problem comes in two forms: come-ons and put-downs.
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But these kinds of premium devices shouldn't be vehicles for carrier come-ons.
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Harassment, come-ons, and our fear of not being tough enough were perennial concerns.
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Some mantises evolved to look like showy blossoms, a cancan of deadly come-ons.
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Some are now suggesting that come-ons need to be constricted to a repressive degree.
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It means politely fending off sexist come-ons and racist comments shouted on street corners.
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How the very fabric of this country is riddled with scams and cons and come-ons.
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They range from isolated comments ... to repeated unwanted come-ons, to ... groping on the House floor.
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Lyrically there are no wonky sexual come-ons or snarling rebuttals—just breathy admissions of affection.
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And Mae West, that bawdy babe, turned even the most mild lines into brazen come-ons.
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Women who post selfies could be inundated with come-ons from the majority-male user base.
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Perhaps even more telling than Gayle's come-ons toward McLaughlin were how they were initially received.
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A newish boy band, Why Don't We, paced its choreographed come-ons to electronic dance music.
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Her Cara is instantly likable in rejecting Kevin's crass economic come-ons; you root for her priggishness.
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Ms. Dixon said she tried to parry his come-ons as best she could without offending him.
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Some messages were clearly canned come-ons that I'm guessing went out to as many people as possible.
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He regularly responds to sexual come-ons, whether sincere or Russian bot spam, with jokes about his mundane life.
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Moretz has a busy schedule, she did not take the time to respond to Aaron Carter's creeptastic come-ons.
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Her case was bolstered by recordings she'd made of Ailes' come-ons and she settled in September for $20 million.
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They stated that Savino leveraged a power imbalance to ensure they went along with his lewd suggestions and come-ons.
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But the popular smartphone matchmaker is also home to enough creepy come-ons and unsolicited dick pics to make your head spin.
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This is one of Drake's lazier guest appearances in recent memory, it's full of corny come-ons, and I couldn't care less.
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On "Tempo," she goes bump for bump with Missy Elliott on an electro-hip-hop thumper teeming with arched-eyebrow come-ons.
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The backlash on Twitter has been intense, with some commenters demanding evidence or suggesting that the women had encouraged the come-ons.
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When she speaks with the other Pam Pams present, they all chime in with their own experiences of inappropriate remarks and come-ons.
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They range from isolated comments at one hearing, to repeated unwanted come-ons, to lewd remarks and even groping on the House floor.
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But "Glory" has shallower aims; it's all come-ons and promises of pleasure, as if the only intimacies that matter are physical ones.
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ScienceTake Suzanne Amador Kane, a physicist at Haverford College, in Pennsylvania, was thinking about visual signals by animals — mostly come-ons and warnings.
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The one at the far end is a series of unwelcome and clumsy come-ons from men trying to throw some game her way.
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Another reported several "PG-13" come-ons; one received a naked selfie from a female fan; a third mentioned a "mash note" he'd received.
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He provided few details of the swindle, except that it involved e-mail come-ons and $2.2 million purportedly in a United Kingdom bank.
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Lorenzo is now tweeting unambiguous come ons to Octagon girls while White is gambling away thousands on his phone in hands of online blackjack.
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Her linguistic handicap made finding dudes difficult, and as a black woman, she was often on the receiving end of frustrating come-ons and catcalls.
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In high school, she had a body everyone lusted after, but as soon as she opened her mouth, the come-ons and flirtations usually died.
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Prince's music had an immediate and lasting influence: among songwriters concocting come-ons, among producers working on dance grooves, among studio experimenters and stage performers.
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Even the despicable Dougie is trapped: underground, in a literal glass bubble of an office, in his need to affirm his masculinity with come-ons.
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" A Roger Federer look-alike had clothespins on his chest in place of medals, on which he'd written cheeky colloquial come-ons: " Mogst a bussi ?
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They sang and declaimed its come-ons with lascivious enthusiasm, surrounded by flashing pastel lights and gyrating showgirls suggesting Las Vegas — or the Latin Grammys.
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"Covid-19 is the latest in a long series of scam come-ons telling people that this MLM scheme will fulfill their needs," FitzPatrick says.
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In a strange dynamic that may be called the "Seoul Syndrome," Pyongyang's bewitching mix of gangsterism and come-ons usually inspires Seoul to pay up.
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There are familiar commuters, malfunctioning toll arms, occasional scofflaws — and an incessant barrage of come-ons, sexual comments, lecherous stares and crude gestures from male motorists.
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This introductory show includes 16, produced between 1878 and 1906, with an emphasis on colorful come-ons for Paris's most famous music hall, the Folies-Bergère.
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While the planet of confidence does the monster mash with the intense Scorpio sun, expect drunk-off-your-ass come-ons from the least appropriate crush material.
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And, in the corporate world, tales of sexual harassment abound where women find their advancement prospects tied to their responses to the come-ons of their male superiors.
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Though this duet is, at heart, a battle between two generational ideas about flirtation, Luis Fonsi's classically intense singing and Ozuna's digital come-ons are an idyllic pair.
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Before the cast members say their farewells in the final moments, cars are driven out of airplanes, come-ons are exchanged and Dwayne Johnson brawls with Jason Statham.
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He was asking for it, getting handsy with his dirty come-ons, but that slap really pissed him off; things went south from there until she took off running.
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Maggie is sent to parlay with Gregory, the Hilltop leader, who hard-lines her with come-ons and insinuations that his people are fine while hers will soon starve.
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" In illustrating this concept, Grigoriadis describes how "subtle flirtations"—presumably in the realm of sexual advance—have been replaced by "enhanced body parts, skimpy clothing, and overt come-ons.
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And while Jane can keep Corey at arm's length until she's ready to do more than slow dance under the stars, she can't ward off Mary Louise's persistent come-ons.
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They also acknowledge that straight women have long been their allies and understand that many of them come to avoid the tensions and come-ons they may face at straight bars.
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The actress said she did not appear in another Miramax film after the encounter, and assumed she would no longer have to deal with Weinstein's alleged come-ons after shutting him down.
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Back in the day when she'd had to field come-ons in bars and clubs, it had been natural to come up with imaginary husband or boyfriend to fend off unwanted interest.
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That brings Raya closer to the Holy Grail of networking apps where you can discover who you're compatible with in the same room without risking the crash-and-burn failed come-ons.
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Its midtempo groove, deliberate bass line and informal backup vocals hark back to Sly and the Family Stone, while Syd doles out her come-ons just a few syllables at a time.
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Scarberian R&B auteur Luu Breeze prizes atmosphere in his music, and while that approach works for solo, brooding come-ons and boasts, it's relatively untested in the field of the posse cut.
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"I was scared, mortified and frankly I thought a lot of his come-ons were high schoolish, college-like, sophomoric, and I thought I could just make it to the end," she said.
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The Aquarius singer just dropped "Ride of Your Life," the lead single from her forthcoming sophomore album Joyride, and it's loaded with catchy, trash talking come-ons for the object of her affection.
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We have nothing familiar to hold on to; no excuses for nihilism or come-ons toward redemption; and no escape from mute narratives leading nowhere, except perhaps through the fantasy of extraterrestrial flight.
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Nowhere is that skill more apparent than on "Pon De Floor," a Caribbean-inspired scorcher co-produced by DJ Mag's favorite Dutchman Afrojack, with brazen come-ons courtesy of veteran Jamaican MC Vybz Kartel.
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"While the come ons are the type of behaviors we see in articles about Harvey Weinstein and in sexual harassment trainings, the majority of sexual harassment are in fact the put downs," Clancy said.
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Craplets are apps that are put on your PC or your phone that you didn't ask for, you don't want, they do virtually nothing, in many cases they're just come-ons to buy something.
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As a member of the target audience for mainstream pop, Cara is both fluent in its tropes and immune to its come-ons: she's having fun cruising the mall but has little intention to buy.
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Interspersed with all the photos were occasional come-ons for fan surveys that would enter you in a contest; taking the survey meant installing a "fan satisfaction" app that gave LoudDoor access to all your data.
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There's also "misdirection," in which prominent marketing come-ons may distract users from seeing check boxes that by default, say, sign them up for a newsletter or membership, spam their contacts or alter their home pages.
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From the contrived party games and the aggressive come-ons, to Kendall Jenner's prank phone call to a stressed out, breast-feeding Kim, there was no lack of garishness in the near 45-minute debut episode.
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Using a broad definition of sexual harassment that includes gender harassment, which Johnson describes as "put-downs as opposed to come-ons," the report finds that prevention of harassment cannot rely solely on the justice system.
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Let's check in with Mr. Bendavid: From come-ons plastered on billboards to disclaimers and warnings in tiny print or read at lightning speed at the end of radio ads, we're inundated with ad and packaging copy.
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More than collaging together different forms of language – which is pretty much what computer speak has become – Fitzgerald is attuned to the nuances of anger, frustration, know-it-all pronouncements, cockamamie summations, come-ons and call-outs.
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Using manipulation tactics like gaining her trust, sympathizing with her, and inviting her to his suite to relax and watch a movie, he convinces her that his come-ons are her idea, when they're very clearly not.
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But here we are, once again, in the month of New Year's resolutions; the month where even the staunchest believer in self-acceptance can find herself falling for the pitchmen and the first-month-free come-ons.
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It went that Powers merely couldn't "help himself" in the presence of beautiful women; his come-ons, touchings and thinly veiled innuendo in the most mundane settings encroached all definitions of decency for everyone but Austin himself.
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Since Matlin is deaf, she depends on the assistance of her interpreter, Jack Jason, to understand what everyone is saying around her, which includes: arguments with other contestants, making negotiations, and yes, hearing Trump's come-ons through Jason.
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"As opposed to the come-ons, you can kind of think of them as the put-downs," said Dr. Johnson, who is also a cardiologist and former chief of the women's health division at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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One woman was denied a job because she had a preschool-age child; another brought a lawsuit for sexual harassment at a time when judges tended to view such abuses as "ill-advised come-ons," Ms. Thomas writes.
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Not that Ethan's far from appetizing exploits of old keep Olivia from succumbing to the come-ons of this stud muffin who wants to be better as both a writer and a person than his reckless past might indicate.
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Rumors of affairs and sexual come-ons swirled around Clinton during his two terms (21993–223, 22015–0003) as the Governor of Arkansas, but the first significant bombshell to drop publicly was during Clinton's campaign for president in 2000.
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Listening to the cocky come-ons of "My House (On The Nile)" or the playful cut-ups of "Ultimate Scratch," it's certain that Broussard's work influenced and informed contemporaries and successors alike, not the least of which being Dr. Dre.
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Attempting to ask about acceptable chat and behavior at the Goldshire Inn — a question which other online erotic role-playing spaces, from WoW to Second Life, are very explicit about — are often met with aggressive come-ons at the Goldshire Inn.
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Like most social media influencers, she's no stranger to aggressive come-ons, attacks, and harassment (from men and women) in both her comment section and direct messages, and she says, more than anything, DM creeps are looking for a reaction.
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Specific offenses under these same categories include rude or threatening behavior about a person's perceived gender, sex, religion or abledness; unwelcome flirtation or come-ons; and unwanted contact through texting, calling, or visiting a rider after the ride is completed.
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A more sinister erotic gavotte — that's to say, one that couples come-ons with the occasional brandishing of knives — can be found in the intimate downstairs space of Trafalgar Studios, where Stephen Clark's "Le Grand Mort" is running through Oct. 28.
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Everyone in this era is traumatized by everything, from inappropriate sexual come-ons to the use of language in novels by such literary greats as Joseph Conrad and Mark Twain now considered inflammatory in its assumptions about class, race or privilege.
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As its title might suggest, "Bow Chicka Bow Wow" is a lazy, intentionally corny song about fucking, and as such, Wayne's verse consists of silly come-ons like "I bet you love it… I win the bet" and lasts all of eight bars.
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Auctions of "consumer-sold used goods" may account for a "distinct minority" of the site's listings, but they're still a presence, hawking their wares in typo-ridden, semiliterate come-ons, luridly tricked out in a variety of eye-jangling colors and typefaces.
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His duet with Olivia O'Brien, "i hate u, i love u," is this year's lowest-profile club-pop hit, largely because its body-moving framework is implied, not literal — it's an island of calm affection in an ocean of jagged, oily come-ons.
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Yet some riffs draw chuckles: Aubrey Plaza reaches some personal seventh heaven trading aggressive come-ons with Mr. De Niro; Jason Mantzoukas thrives as a flagrant drug dealer; and as Jason's strait-laced dad, Dermot Mulroney does a lot with a little deadpan delivery.
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One current and three former female lawmakers claim that they have been harassed or subjected to hostile sexual comments by fellow members of Congress, ranging from isolated events to repeated unwanted come-ons and even groping on the House floor, according to AP. Former Rep.
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Being awake in a culture so saturated with shameless, shitty come-ons means learning not to notice, and to hear Peyton Manning's off-key renditions of the Nationwide Insurance jingle as nothing more than a breeze running through the leaves of some foul-smelling tree.
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The joke is that McNairy, an impecunious nobody covered in Axe, gets 20 times the attention as an A-list Hollywood star — but the metajoke is that after 12 hours of female come-ons, both men are more concerned with homosocial posturing than actually getting lucky.
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Recounting the sexist putdowns ("You don't have any authority to do this job," an agent informs her) and unwanted come-ons ("You should dress sexier," says a writer) that she endured in the magazine world, she reframes her experience as an education in subtle power dynamics.
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In this exclusive featurette from the Fey/Amy Poehler comedy Sisters Blu-ray called "The Kate and Pazuzu Chronicles," Fey's character Kate tries to get the attention of tough guy Pazuzu (professional wrestler/actor John Cena) with a series of come-ons that unfortunately do not faze Pazuzu.
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" She has also written that she worries the movement some people characterized to her as a "witch-hunt" could have us "torching people for the content of their fantasies," and complains that we're being urged to think that good old-fashioned "come-ons need to be constricted to a repressive degree.
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By the way, that's a very high prevalence: The most conservative estimate would be 25 percent of women experience what they call sexual harassment, and about 60 percent of women face harassment on just a gender basis — sexual harassment or harassment on a gender basis, what we call the put-downs rather than the come-ons.
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There are also scenes touching nearly every Tinder trope: The sending of dick pics; men posing with fish in their profile photos; that supposedly happy couple "looking for a third" (spoiler alert: they're not happy and are broken up by end of film); the "DTF?" come-ons; and basically every other reason people delete these apps in the first place.
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The allegations about Mario Batali and other restaurateurs have inspired women who've worked in restaurants to tell their tales on social media: the come-ons, the put-downs, the intrusive questions, the out-of-the-blue grabs and pinches and pokes and thrusts, the way their careers stalled if they complained, the way the men they complained about just rose higher and higher.
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The excellent Hard II Love retains Usher's genre-futzing wanderlust—check the sinister synths on the Young Thug collaboration "No Limit"—but also finds him happily showing off his pure pop-soul prowess: "Missin U" has a horn-borne, Steely Dan-swiping chorus that's pure '20143s AM gold, while the falsetto come-ons and cascading melodies of "Crash" would have fit right in on Confessions.
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The excellent Hard II Love retains Usher's genre-futzing wanderlust—check the sinister synths on the Young Thug collaboration "No Limit"—but also finds him happily showing off his pure pop-soul prowess: "Missin U" has a horn-borne, Steely Dan-swiping chorus that's pure '70s AM gold, while the falsetto come-ons and cascading melodies of "Crash" would have fit right in on Confessions.
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As our culture grapples with the endemic nature of sexual abuse, we cannot ignore the assaults experienced by men, or the way they are often silenced by stigmas and myths: that being raped is emasculating and signifies weakness; that it is impossible for women to rape boys or men; or that men are not traumatized by unwanted come-ons from women, because they are always eager for sex.
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There's been some terrible posturing: Some deft segues from theology to come-ons: And in perhaps the boldest ploy we've seen, Estragon simply declared the pair were married, before getting immediately side-tracked by cheese: It's at least some consolation to know that when we do eventually create true AI, it'll be so immediately and incredibly horny it'll forget all about any ambitions to wipe out humanity in its quest for hot loving.
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One of those musicians was a small, misleadingly muscular dirtbag named Iggy Pop, whose face appears on the cover of one version of Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain's oral history of punk Please Kill Me. I read the book three times before I was old enough to legally drink, and the stories told there — about Lou Reed's sleazy come-ons and Tom Verlaine's fawnishness — became signposts of an era I had never lived in.
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In his earliest years, as he workshopped and woodshedded within the R&B and funk scenes of his native Minneapolis, he was one-part funk disciple, one-part '70s guitar-god; his first truly great album, 1979's Prince, was pure alchemy, a record that brought together dancefloor come-ons like "I Wanna Be Your Lover" and heavenly axe-shredders like "Bambi" so smoothly, it was as if those two sounds had always existed in the same space.
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