{"id":1600,"date":"2016-03-12T14:40:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2022-01-21T22:52:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T03:52:53","slug":"women-dont-whistle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/women-dont-whistle\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Don’t Whistle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In my experience, I can’t recall ever hearing a woman whistle. In fact, I think women hate whistling.<\/p>\n

Whistling is used by men because it’s the only sound we can make that can be heard over distance, or loud noise. Before my voice changed back in grade school, I could imitate the coach’s whistle so well, I could call all the kids back to the gym. Women’s voices never deepen to the point where they can’t shriek, so there’s no need for whistling.<\/p>\n

Whistling is something men do when they’re lonely, or to pass time while performing menial tasks, such as breaking rocks, fixing plumbing, or chopping wood. Traditionally, menial tasks women do involve the family, and children, which means singing. Totally different approach. Whistling is solitary- a family of whistlers would turn the most kindly neighbors into axe murderers. There is no word for a group of whistlers. And the average man can’t stand to hear another guy whistling; nobody ever tells singing women to put a sock in it. That would be “oppressive”, after all.<\/p>\n

It’s entirely possible that women hate whistling because of the “wolf whistle”, the saucy sound used by horny cat-callers on construction sites. You can hear one following the line “if you should see a girl on the street” in Frank Zappa’s “Find Her Finer”, on\u00a0Zoot Allures<\/em>.<\/p>\n