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In reply to the discussion: Even if you're a "touchy, feely" guy, do NOT put your hands on a woman without her permission. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)161. But now we have people on the thread
going much farther, to the point where you have to ask if they could stand being in a crowded room where someone might inadvertently touch them. The standard has gone much farther with some of the comments I am seeing here. People who don't like social touch at all, with nothing to do with sexual harassment.
As to the case you mention, it is amplifying a right wing attempt to make this a thing, and has only come from a Bernie supporter and only now that polls show Joe ahead of Bernie without even announcing.
All of this is stuff Biden did in public and even photographed. It's Frankenesque.
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Even if you're a "touchy, feely" guy, do NOT put your hands on a woman without her permission. [View all]
MoonRiver
Mar 2019
OP
The same goes for "huggy" women; please don't expect that all men are comfortable with it.
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#1
I don't like that either, but I usually don't think there's a sexual component.
MoonRiver
Mar 2019
#2
A person can be uncomfortable about touch from someone else without it being sexual.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2019
#4
Agree. Backslappers and handshakers at bars (natural or booze-induced) piss me off to no end.
Volaris
Mar 2019
#23
Ha! It's easy to think that the issue is clear-cut, until you start listening to other people's
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2019
#115
What are we becoming? An uptight nation that's afraid to have any physical contact with people.
politicaljunkie41910
Mar 2019
#50
Could be. If I was introduced to someone who held up their hands and said, "I don't shake hands,
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2019
#105
Anthropologists and psychologists are probably excited/mortified by this change in Human behavior.
DRoseDARs
Mar 2019
#75
That's the simplest starting point to remember and frame one's response to touch from.
DRoseDARs
Mar 2019
#83
India has particular problems with tradition, patriarchy, sexism, and a severe shortage of women...
Hekate
Mar 2019
#80
Beg your pardon. Some of the brightest and most educated people I know here in California are....
Hekate
Mar 2019
#93
I don't want to let this devolve into me posting negative things about Joe Biden. I like the guy
CentralMass
Mar 2019
#38
Who do these candidates think they are hugging, touching and putting their arms around other people?
democratisphere
Mar 2019
#60
Every politician comes up behind a stranger, sniffs her hair and then plants a
Squinch
Mar 2019
#149
You would apparently be surprised how many people don't.......or at least behave as if they don't.
WillowTree
Mar 2019
#37
Well said jb. President Obama many times could be seen hugging people during his campaign of both
still_one
Mar 2019
#13
If you're going to try to make this topic about Biden, it belongs in Democratic Primaries, not GD.
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#14
I didn't get into a tizzy. Are you referring to my pointing out that this sort of discussion
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#43
So well said & thanks for your input. I love Biden's Uncle Joe persona. His record is fine with me--
Hekate
Mar 2019
#70
The woman you hugged was a friend; I'm sure she appreciated the gesture
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2019
#21
Poor dear. It is all so hard for you when people say they don't want to be approached from
Squinch
Mar 2019
#141
Even if you're any human who is touchy feely, do not put your hands on anyone else with ...
marble falls
Mar 2019
#18
As a woman, I disagree. I would hate to see spontaneous displays of compassion or affection or
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#22
Remember when Michelle hugged the Queen of England? How shocking it was supposed to be,
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#27
Would it have been perfect if she sniffed the Queen's hair and then placed a lingering kiss on the
Squinch
Mar 2019
#140
Obama and Michelle never approached relative strangers from behind, sniffed their hair, and then
Squinch
Mar 2019
#139
I do believe the account of the woman. She is just one of a good number of women who have
Squinch
Mar 2019
#180
Flores & Biden were political teammates waiting to go onstage. Flores showed signs of stage fright,
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#188
Oh, well, you have it all figured out. So glad you put that all in perspective. I guess we can
Squinch
Mar 2019
#189
I'm not a guy. I'm a woman. And I know not all physical contact from men, including men I don't
highplainsdem
Mar 2019
#190
I gotta agree. It depends. I've had a man walk up to me, in my "space," ....
Honeycombe8
Mar 2019
#74
Why does this always bring out these ridiculous comparisons? Do you see the woman who didn't want
Squinch
Mar 2019
#138
I love Joe. But my primary concern with this is that it is an unforced error. It shows a problem
Squinch
Mar 2019
#144
And when they sniff your hair and plant lingering kisses on your head when you don't know them?
Squinch
Mar 2019
#181
I don't believe her account. She tried to bring in a friend to caroborate her account..
Kahuna7
Mar 2019
#194
The bar is not lowered unless we lower it, and touching others who do not want to be touched in
Squinch
Mar 2019
#136
Yup. I got a painful lesson in that after a Christmas party 20 years ago.
The_jackalope
Mar 2019
#42
I don't like to hug people for the most part...other than my wife and family and a few really good f
Buckeyeblue
Mar 2019
#45
No, Joe is handsy. I love him, but he has always been handsy. Handsy is not a good thing to be.
Squinch
Mar 2019
#134
Why do you need to put your hands on a woman's shoulders where that might be a questionable
Squinch
Mar 2019
#133
I don't agree. You shouldn't live your life based on some people possibly misinterpreting
cbdo2007
Mar 2019
#116
Poor dear. People are being so unfair to you. All these damn women who tired of being groped!
Squinch
Mar 2019
#132
NO! It is NOT! This woman who doesn't want to be approached from behind by a stranger,
Squinch
Mar 2019
#145
I've been here since 2012. You've been here a lot longer. I think we have both seen that EVERY
Squinch
Mar 2019
#156
Yes. I was very careful with my daughters also, and they learned to respect their personal space.
MoonRiver
Mar 2019
#159
Anyone who is touched in an unwanted way needs to let the person know on the spot!
Chemisse
Mar 2019
#148
She was being introduced to make a speech. Should she have stopped all the proceedings and
Squinch
Mar 2019
#184
Do you recall when Ivanka pulled away from creepy Dad when he was feeling up her sides?
Chemisse
Mar 2019
#195
And if a relative stranger came up to you from behind, smelled your hair and then lingeringly
Squinch
Mar 2019
#157
Of course. She mistook a long kiss on her head. My objections have nothing to do with
Squinch
Mar 2019
#171
I DO know BS supporters exaggerate. I know it is their MO. But, again, this has nothing to
Squinch
Mar 2019
#174