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Originally Posted by Bigtime
I wonder what the whole #yesallwomen thing would think of this thread?
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That's funny because I was thinking the same thing. I read a lot of the #yesallwomen tweets and a lot of the tweets about violence against women, harassment, discrimination in the workforce and feeling unsafe were very eye-opening to me and added a whole lot to the discussion.
However I noticed a large contingent of tweets about unwanted attention from men and thought that it's a bit much for women to expect to only get hit on at opportune times, and only by a counter-party that they themselves consider 'wanted.'
Sure some of the tweets were talking about unwanted touching, grinding on them without any consent, and harassing them well after they made it clear the attention was unwanted and clearly that's d-baggery and wrong, but a good lot of them almost resented being approached and talked to (Which sorry ladies isn't harassment, it's part of the basic human condition). How is a guy supposed to know ahead of time if providing attention is 'wanted' if him asking or attempting to 'pick-up' is considered sexist and harassment?