article_snippet.sent: Although wolf-whistling is not a specific offence, workmen who repeatedly make obscene comments to passers-by could be convicted of a breach of the peace.
article_snippet.sent: There is no suggestion any of the men pictured in the mobile phone footage (shown left and right) were involved in the alleged wolf-whistling .
article_snippet.sent: In 2012, David Cameron insisted wolf-whistling would not be made illegal in Britain despite signing the UK up to the Council of Europe's convention on violence against women, which pledges to outlaw 'verbal, non-verbal or physical' sexual harassment.
article_snippet.sent: We are not proposing to criminalise wolf-whistling.'
article_snippet.sent: Sarah Green, of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, said wolf-whistling represented 'everyday sexism' which should be stamped out. '
article_snippet.sent: Wolf-whistles, which originated among sailors, have now been banned by a number of building firms.