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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe the saying goes 'Not all men. Yes all women'.

I've had plenty of wonderful male bosses who I hugged on occasion. I've also had male bosses who gave me the creeps and who I wouldn't have liked to be in the lift with on my own. The difference is that we as women have to be able to voice our displeasure when people, most exclusively men, treat our bodies as their personal playground. We're taught to believe that it is rude to say no and that an advance is a compliment and it is all harmless fun. It is not true. My body, my rules. You don't have to scream rape if you don't like the way a DB puts his hand around you, but you are completely in your right to state calmly that you don't like the way your boss is touching you and ask him to stop, thank you very much. It does not mean you hate all men. It means this particular man is not behaving the way he should.

We have to assert ourselves, and though we've been brainwashed into thinking we shouldn't because it makes us ungrateful rude shrews who can't take a compliment, it is in our hands to teach men that we are own people and deserve the same bodily autonomy and respect that their male friends, coworkers and employees get. /soapbox[/quote]

What an eloquent way of saying exactly what needed to be said.

Regardless of the DB in question's intentions, OP felt uncomfortable. She should not feel any shame for that and would be well within her boundaries to state it without fearing retaliation. [/quote]

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