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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
I completely disagree with this. I don't go around behaving inappropriately to women, none of my friends and family go around behaving inappropriately to women. The men that do it, know exactly what they are doing. They know it is inappropriate and are relying on fear and intimidation to get away with it. They need to be prosecuted and that requires woman to stand up and say no, i'm not allowing this, and finally it's starting to happen. I'm not a particular fan of campaigns like are currently happening because they always tend to get hijacked, but at this point women do need encouragement to speak out so it has to run its course. Men that respect woman have nothing to fear ... at least, not yet.
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The only concession I will make is that I should clarify that not all men are like I described. But other than that we'll have to disagree. Most men do think that casual forms of harassment like banter, a casual grope, innuendos etc are not a biggie. Part of male gender stereotype is that they are supposed to be initiators when it comes to sexual contact and some are abusing it or or are **** at it.
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stuff in court, police investigation like Vicky mentioned, imo, confirms my take on it. The uphill struggle for women to prove anything is another symptom of most men simply looking at the same facts differently.