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after some discussions - "yes, I am that nerd who occasionally performed impromptu ethnomethodological analyses on my street harassers" - Serano came to the conclusion that they generally did not see their behavior as out of line and "they sincerely did believe that I was the 'bad actor' in the situation"

"My harassers acted as though I had invited their attention" - she calls this a "phantom invitation"

she puts forward a third non-mutually exclusive framework for street harassment:

"Male street harassers seem to view and treat women as though we are public spectacles. ... these observers and harassers cannot fathom that they are doing anything wrong because from their standpoint the public spectacle has demanded their attention."

this helps explain the wide breadth of street harassment experiences, as well as "why people more generally tend to download the seriousness of street harassment"