Rich men and sexual harassment: a catch-all thread

Tide1986 said:

Pinching, slapping, stroking, or squeezing someone’s butt is a bit personal in my opinion. Repeatedly doing such to a person can make the matter much worse. There really is no social, non-sports context where this would be considered normal. Sports is the only context where assslapping has been considered normal, but even in that context, I don’t find it necessary.

Whether or not touching someone on the arm or shoulder could be harassment probably depends on what accompanies the touching. For example, the toucher’s words could change the meaning of the touch.

For me, I don’t mind if someone touches my arm, shoulder, or back as long as I know the individual and the context is appropriate. Even at work it’s not a problem for me because the people I work with are some of my best friends. Such touches generally accompany camaraderie.

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CharminTide said:

Just to clarify definitions, would you consider the following to be describing sexual assault?

"I moved on her like a b--ch... I’ve got to use some Tic Tacs, just in case I start kissing her. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, you can do anything... Grab them by the p---y."

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CharminTide said:

Just to clarify definitions, would you consider the following to be describing sexual assault?

"I moved on her like a b--ch... I’ve got to use some Tic Tacs, just in case I start kissing her. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, you can do anything... Grab them by the p---y."

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CharminTide said:

Carrying that out WOULD be assault, by any reasonable definition.

I've lost count of all the women who've come forward and said that Donald Trump has, in fact, acted on these boasts. But as you know, the complaints of women are attracted to wealth and can be ignored.

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CharminTide said:

Carrying that out WOULD be assault, by any reasonable definition.

I've lost count of all the women who've come forward and said that Donald Trump has, in fact, acted on these boasts. But as you know, the complaints of women are attracted to wealth and can be ignored.

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Jon said:

14 women that have made public statements. Countless others signed NDA's (allegedly)

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Displaced Bama Fan said:

Hence the blue dude...hence the blue. Relax.

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"All I can say is it's totally fake news. It's just fake. It's fake. It's made-up stuff, and it's disgraceful, what happens, but that happens in the world of politics."- President Donald Trump, remarks to reporters, Oct. 16, 2017

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Jacqueline Alemany of CBS News:"Obviously, sexual harassment has been in the news. At least 16 women accused the president of sexually harassing them throughout the course of the campaign. Last week, during a press conference in the Rose Garden, the president called these accusations 'fake news.' Is the official White House position that all of these women are lying?"

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White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders:"Yeah, we've been clear on that from the beginning, and the president's spoken on it."- exchange on Oct. 27

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As Alemany noted, 16 women have accused Trump of sexually harassing them. While the president dismisses this as "fake news," the problem for the White House is that some of these women have produced witnesses who say they heard about the incident at the time - long before Trump made his political aspirations known.

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Displaced Bama Fan said:

Rich women do it as well...as do women in positions of power, whether it be supervisory or CEOs. It's just not "chic" to call out a woman for sexually harassing a man or another woman for that matter.

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ROTYDE said:

Why is it the rich ( men or women) only? You never hear of the poor working class that never say a word.....

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Displaced Bama Fan said:

1) Rich people feel invincible possibly?

2) Even if it's false, many times the rich will pay for the story to go away.

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DzynKingRTR said:

ROTYDE answered his own question. They are rich. Poor people have nothing. 99.9% of the time guilt or innocence doesn't matter, it is the court of public opinion.

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