EDIT: I've moved this poll onto the end of the original poll to keep things simpler. All that's left here is an interesting conversation in the comments :)
Mm. I think a lot of the time it gets dismissed as just that one particular person being a prat in a way that could be seen as kind of sexual rather than Sexual Harassment TM. And this is true of more direct stuff too: the line between sexual harassment and an incompetent come-on isn't that obvious, imo. And of course a lot of the time the perpetrator isn't thinking in a really self aware deliberate way about their actions, and justifies it to themselves as reasonable behaviour, so their "innocent act" is sincere.
The counterargument to "this is normal" is "Yes, and that's just a sign of how messed up our society is." :)
This rather reminds me of general discussions I've seen about sexism, racism etc. Very few people wake up and go "Yes, today I will be racist" but they do it anyway...
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The counterargument to "this is normal" is "Yes, and that's just a sign of how messed up our society is." :)
This rather reminds me of general discussions I've seen about sexism, racism etc. Very few people wake up and go "Yes, today I will be racist" but they do it anyway...