Claim: Men may be taken to court and face serious sentences if they whistle at a woman and she calls the police, if proposals to count misogyny as a hate crime go ahead.
Fact-check: Is wolf whistling about to become illegal? - Full Fact
Verdict: even if rules do change on categorising hate crimes, wolf whistling in isolation would likely be classified as a hate incident, rather than crime, as it is not illegal. so wolf whistling alone is unlikely to result in prosecution.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2018-07-12T00:00:00