Slapping Denny's waitress on butt lands New York man with criminal charge, police say (Ohio, work)
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There are a lot of double standards with regards to sexual harassment/domestic violence against men by women, especially with regards to media coverage.
I was born and raised in the Midwest, where the term guys refers to both males and females. Duly noted, though, that I need to be careful not to trigger anyone by using my childhood hometown's vernacular for groups of mixed gender.
Sometimes a man slaps another man or a woman on the butt quite often, or vice versa. The person who gets slapped might not mind getting slapped whereas another who does get slapped will mind. However, especially in this era of #MeToo, the problem is determining when it becomes assault. If that waitress repeatedly expressed "no" (body language can be tricky with that), then I agree it is assault.
Clarallel, does bring upt a relevant point of defining "forcible touching". A partial problem is that a law might define a specific offense as happening under specific circumstances. Going with Clarell's example, a random stranger grabbing Clarallel from behind to prevent Clarallel from falling would be "assault" or "unwanted touching". Just as a law can be too vague to define what circumstances constitute when an offense happens, it could also be too specific. Finding a middle ground is difficult.
Oh, come on. Do you really believe what you just said?
Really?
I think most people know the difference between slapping a stranger (male or female) on the butt, and stepping in to prevent someone from falling. People are not that stupid...at least, I don't THINK they are. Mostly.
the waitress who was hit on the butt was nicer than I would have been in that situation. I would have swung around and slapped that man on the face as hard as I could.
I don't agree with you often, but I sure do this time. Slapped, or brained with a pot of scalding hot coffee.
Considering telling men no for the last hundred years hasn't worked to keep it from happening, this is the only logical step for men to learn to keep their hands to their self.
Are there really men that want to slap hundred year old butts?
I'm becoming very worried about these trumped-up shamings and charges against people for very minor things. Was she injured? Did it interfere with her work? Did she have
endless anxiety attacks?
1) It's the 21st Century; idioms change
2) Context is all.
I suspect that was a poor attempt at humor. It wasn't funny the first time I saw it, either.
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