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It’s not that hard folks. Maybe they should start showing this in FLE. |
This isnt harassment. Its conversation. You say "no thanks" and move on. |
"Hey I have 2014 Honda civic for sale" "Hey I emailed my ad about that Civic, check it out" "Hey isn't your son turning 16, does he need a beater car?" "Hey, my car only has 80,000 miles and its listed under Kelly blue book" "Hey that civic I'm trying to sell has leather seats" "Hey did I mention my civic has a CD player?" "I vacuumed my civic for you" "I accept payment plans for the civic" "I left the change in the coffee holder in that civic for you" |
It's not conversation - how would that conversation even go? "Hey stranger walking by and minding her own business, do you have a boyfriend?" "No, I don't. Do you?" "No I don't. Do you want to get coffee?" "Sure! I'd love to continue this conversation over coffee." That would never happen and nobody expects it's going to happen. The point of yelling "Hey baby" is not to exchange ideas or get to know you, it's to force you to notice them. To intrude on your space. That's what it's about. |
Well, context matters. If some random guy walks by and grabs your boob, sure that’s assault. If you’re making out with your boyfriend and he moves his hand to your boob, and doesn’t try it again after you push it away, that’s not assault. That’s just normal escalation of sexual behavior between partners. Are you really this dense? |
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No one is saying it’s okay to rape someone so come off it. You’re talking about teaching your daughter that it’s not her fault after she’s been victimized. Meanwhile, I’ll continue teaching my daughter how to drastically reduce her chances of being victimized in the first place. It’s magical thinking to imagine that your daughter will someday live in world where no man will sexually assault her if she gets blackout drunk at a random party, because finally someone taught all those darn rapists that they’re not allowed to do that! Seriously, do you hear yourself? |
And any one of these statements is totally fine! Are you equally as helpless when your mechanic or your dentist tries to upsell you? Is it harassment when the checkout girl at the Gap asks if you want the 2-for-1 deal and proceeds to tell you what a great bargain it is after you say no? |
Those are all part of consensual transactions which involve products and follow a script. It’s not remotely the same as street harassment, which is unpredictable and can escalate quickly into violence. A ppraising strangers’ bodies, demanding their attention, and calling them names when they don’t react the way you want isn’t conversation. At best it’s rude, intrusive, and disrespectful. At worst it’s harassment. Predatory men, of course, instinctively understand these rules when interacting with other men in public spaces. When it’s a woman, suddenly they pretend to have complete ignorance of social conventions. “What is consent? I better not talk to her at all. She’ll accuse me of something!” To be clear, this isn’t the same as being shy, socially awkward, or neurodivergent. People with those traits genuinely want to follow the rules. If they accidentally make someone uncomfortable, they feel bad. For harassers, making women uncomfortable is the entire point. |
It's not any one, it's constantly intrusions like that from any number of men every day. If people badgered cars like that it would become illegal. Men have an entitlement to peddle their d--- plus ugly duckly women = weird double standard Anyway, prove me wrong, give me your email address, I'll sign you up for spam |
LOL. We’re all already constantly badgered and bombarded with advertisements! Look at this very website!! Welcome to capitalism, everybody’s selling something. |
Your email address, madam. |
That doesn't mean it doesn't happen to others. I was sexually harrassed by two different guys on the job. |
You responded to a thread about someone's actual assault, and about how a man could possibly know a woman didn't consent. Your response was "stop teaching girls that they can't use their words." Do you hear yourself? The post directly above yours was about someone too drunk to consent. Is that ideal? No. Should you teach your DD not to get drunk like that, especially with people she doesn't know or trust? Of course, that's a great thing to teach. AND ALSO teach boys, and expect boys, not to have sex with someone who is too drunk to consent, regardless of whether she says no. Boys absolutely have responsibility for what they do with their own bodies and whether they choose to have sex with someone who didn't clearly consent. |
Stop.Being.Stupid. You can’t control what other people do or don’t teach their sons. Just like you can’t control whether or not your son gives a sh!t. Worry about teaching your daughter to protect herself and not to rely on the kindness of strangers. The only person she can count on to watch out for her safety is herself. Stop.Infantilizing.Girls. |