(10-23-2017, 05:29 PM)Bchbunnie4 Wrote:

(10-23-2017, 02:17 PM)MalabarJag Wrote: I'm not saying I disagree with you, but when you include "inappropriate comments" then who decides what is inappropriate? The New York Times? A Star Panel somewhere? Miss Manners? If you say the recipient of the comment gets to decide, then anyone could claim that "hello" is an inappropriate comment."

There's a huge difference between rape vs. words. It does no one a favor by conflating them into the same category.

I’m not equating rape with words. Notice I used Sexual Harassment, sexual assault is in a whole other category.

Here’s an example of an inappropriate comment. When I was young, my girlfriends and I went to the mall. I wasn’t even old enough to drive yet, our parents dropped us off, so I’m assuming I was around 14, maybe 15. We were minding our own business and trying on clothes, nothing remotely provocative. There is a grown man in the store shopping with what I assume were his daughters. This normal looking guy decided to come up to my 15ish year old self and tell me I had great boobs (not his word choice) for my age and how he’d love to get a feel of them. I’m thinking that’s a little more inappropriate than just Hello, don’t ya think?