[Sliver]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

Say you're sitting at work, doing your job, and a random drunk guy, several inches taller and probably 40 pounds bigger, just shows up and kisses you.

That isn't going to rattle you a bit?

And when you have friends and colleagues who are regularly having random larger drunk guys showing up and kissing them, shouting offensive things at them, etc, while just trying to get your jobs done?

After a while you aren't going to be bothered by this?

That's what's missing in this argument. There's no context for the fact that stuff like this is happening all the time to women in this profession. This isn't a one-off thing. This is a regular occurrence. She's trying to stop it from happening, even if this instance is minor.





You get angry at a friend while drunk at a bar and punch him in the face. Technically you assaulted him.

You get angry at someone else and beat the hell out of them and they end up hospitalized. They were still assaulted, but the result is different.

There are varying levels of assault, sexual or otherwise. Also varying levels of punishment/response for said varying levels of offense.

Sure I'd be rattled. But I wouldn't classify myself as the victim of a sexual assault.