tweakabelle
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ORIGINAL: Kaliko quote:
ORIGINAL: tweakabelle If I had vb's problem, I would be asking myself 'Am I doing anything to encourage or attract this type of behaviour?'. As vb seems to be the only person who is attracting this type of unwelcome overture in the loo, it might well be the case that he is doing something to attract it. So I suppose that at a minimum, vb ought to consider: * cease spending so much time in public bathrooms and cut back on the body scents he uses prior to using public bathrooms; * cease wearing bright coloured shorts and skimpy vests or any outfit that emphasises his physique to public bathrooms ; * cease preening in front of the mirror in the bathroom for hours on end; * cease returning time after time to any place where he has an unpleasant experience: and, last but certainly not least * consider counselling for his overt homophobia, including considering the option of coming out as a gay man. This was the first post I read on this thread, and the very first thing that came into my head after reading this was the same thought that the OP (I believe) has had: this type of thing said to a woman would be victim blaming. (Even if it is somewhat in jest.) It's curious that nobody but the OP has pointed that out - that I caught, anyway. Errr Nope! If you think through the bit I have bolded in my post, the bit that says: "As vb seems to be the only person who is attracting this type of unwelcome overture ....." you will understand why the converse of my post doesn't apply. I cannot think of any circumstances where unwelcome sexual overtures could be said to be an individual problem of one woman only, unlike vb's situation which seems to be pretty much unique to vb. We all know how common unwelcome sexual advances on women by men are - there's simply no way they can be considered an individual issue. His complaint is that the gender/sexuality of people hitting on him is in his view inappropriate, not that sexual harassment is inappropriate. Vb had the option of making his issue broader by talking about his case as an instance of sexual harassment but declined this option, choosing to present his case in purely individual terms. My (admittedly tongue in cheek) post was a response on the same level. So sorry the converse doesn't apply.
< Message edited by tweakabelle -- 6/2/2016 4:00:35 PM >
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