so if you didn't feel like you had to get a girl....
other people who want me for whatever reason will forever be unsatisfied.
i will never let myself be touched by others.
so like this.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single ... 59389&q=hi
tarantella64 wrote:
... Maybe. Had he asked, though, instead of grabbing, it'd be a different story.
(You could turn it around and talk about women grabbing at uncertain men, too. AspieOtaku brought up some stories, as did I. Again, the theme, which you're not wanting to hear: The gender of the grabber and grabbee don't matter. Just ask first, and don't touch people sexually unless they say they want you to.)
(You could turn it around and talk about women grabbing at uncertain men, too. AspieOtaku brought up some stories, as did I. Again, the theme, which you're not wanting to hear: The gender of the grabber and grabbee don't matter. Just ask first, and don't touch people sexually unless they say they want you to.)
My main problem with thr "just ask" meme is that it implies that verbal consent is a guarantor that the person actually is desirous of the advance. I think in general that too much weight is given to verbal language in communication. There are so many other modes of communication including: physical proximity, eye contact, hand gestures, facial expression.
To argue that all is okay as long as both parties say "go" is nieve. People lie for many reasons including self-preservation, reciprical but unrelated gain, as a gift.
But my point is that verbal language is over-rated.
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
vickygleitz wrote:
This afternoon I was at a "cocktails and canvas"party with my daughter and one of her friends. Thinking maybe times have changed that much from "my day," I asked them both [single, youngish, fun] if they would be offended if a man attempted to kiss them without first asking for permission. They thought that was a crazy question. Somehow, the entire room got involved in the conversation, including the art leader. Consensus was, unless the guy was an extremely good-looking and old fashioned southern boy, that asking for permission for a kiss was weird and creepy.
*scratching head* So I was being weird and creepy according to them.
If only you recorded this conversation and uploaded it to youtube, that would be interesting to watch.

One, you are of a different culture. also, you come across as fairly suave where it would be difficult to come across as creepy.
Secondly, as far as recording, don't tempt me,that is one creepy obsession I am always fighting.
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
I've found this thread on loveshack:
http://www.loveshack.org/forums/romanti ... ld-guy-ask
With:
http://www.loveshack.org/forums/romanti ... ld-guy-ask
With:
Quote:
I've had a guy say to me, "I'm going to seriously regret it if I dont kiss you before I go, so here goes..." and he kissed me..it was the best kiss I had had in a long time. I've also been kissed on the cheek on a first date and I thought that was sweet.
Wow! Best Line ever! Love it.
tarantella64 wrote:
Sorry, this is making no sense whatsoever, particularly since both men and women can be rapists.
Then let me rephrase:
You're not able to distinguish between male rapists and men who prefer to be spontaneous.
It's sexist because you continue to make no distinction between guys who rape and guys who prefer spontaneity based on non-verbal cues. In logic, two sets A and B are the same if and only if A is a subset of B and B is a subset of A. This means that if you can find an element of A that is not in B (or an element of B that is not in A), then the two sets are not equivalent. I'm telling you I'm not a rapist. You claim you never said I was, but you rather strongly implied it and haven't since gone back on your implication. You also post rape stats or otherwise bring up rape and how badly men are at reading signs whenever men talk about preferring to read non-verbal cues. This tells me you don't give them any presumption of competence. It also continues to tell me that you're not distinguishing between the two sets, which is where the claim of sexism comes from. They're not necessarily the same. You can't assume that because someone reads and acts on non-verbal cues, that he's necessarily a rapist or doesn't respect boundaries.
Now, you've said in the past that I'm not a rapist, and you've also admitted that some men can read non-verbal cues. This is to your credit, but it didn't come until after pulling proverbial teeth. I'm not expecting an apology from you because that may be too tall an order for you right now, but given my continued offense, anger, and persistence, and the fact that other people have agreed that what you said sounds rapey: could you kindly take back your implication?
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vickygleitz wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
vickygleitz wrote:
This afternoon I was at a "cocktails and canvas"party with my daughter and one of her friends. Thinking maybe times have changed that much from "my day," I asked them both [single, youngish, fun] if they would be offended if a man attempted to kiss them without first asking for permission. They thought that was a crazy question. Somehow, the entire room got involved in the conversation, including the art leader. Consensus was, unless the guy was an extremely good-looking and old fashioned southern boy, that asking for permission for a kiss was weird and creepy.
*scratching head* So I was being weird and creepy according to them.
If only you recorded this conversation and uploaded it to youtube, that would be interesting to watch.

One, you are of a different culture. also, you come across as fairly suave where it would be difficult to come across as creepy.
Secondly, as far as recording, don't tempt me,that is one creepy obsession I am always fighting.
Not that much different culturally from what I am seeing, especially when it comes to the less reseverd parts of the population.
And oh, I know you wanna do this youtube recording, don't resist....these voices inside your head...listen to them.
Ok, that was creepy.

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onewithstrange wrote:
tarantella64 wrote:
Sorry, this is making no sense whatsoever, particularly since both men and women can be rapists.
Then let me rephrase:
You're not able to distinguish between male rapists and men who prefer to be spontaneous.
This is still wrong along multiple lines. Maybe this will clarify:
A woman who simply grabs sexually rather than asking consent is committing sexual assault.
A man who simply grabs sexually rather than asking consent is committing sexual assault.
A woman who forcibly penetrates someone else or forces penetration is committing rape.
A man who forcibly penetrates someone else or forces penetration is committing rape.
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you continue to make no distinction between guys who rape and guys who prefer spontaneity based on non-verbal cues.
Let's amend that, as I've already done multiple times for you, to: people who commit sexual assault and people who 'prefer spontaneity based on non-verbal cues'.
No, there is no distinction. Now, if you go ahead and run with your "preference", you might get lucky and find that the other person's okay with that. Or you might find yourself arrested (depending on your state's laws and your interpretation of "spontaneity" and "non-verbal cues"), or the subject of a well-circulated blog post discussing the trauma your sexual assault left behind, with your name attached to it. Maybe the week after, maybe five years after.
Or you could ask, and find out whether you are indeed reading the cues right before you go ahead and do something damaging.
I know you're very angry about all that; it seems to me entirely unreasonable. For some reason the idea that you should have to ask makes you really angry. You haven't even gotten, as far as I can see, to the idea that it's pleasant and sexy and fun and respectful.
I certainly hope, by the way, that you're not one of those people who goes around on other threads complaining that women expect you to be a mindreader.
tarantella64 wrote:
A woman who simply grabs sexually rather than asking consent is committing sexual assault.
A man who simply grabs sexually rather than asking consent is committing sexual assault.
A woman who forcibly penetrates someone else or forces penetration is committing rape.
A man who forcibly penetrates someone else or forces penetration is committing rape.
thanks for the info officer!
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tarantella64 wrote:
The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Tarantella and SA, hello? (((echo))) You there? (((echo)))
I have a feeling that they won't show up anymore here.
I have a feeling that they won't show up anymore here.
have job, boo
It's 11 pm here.
Why have you ignored the long list of women's opinions.
Too afraid to face the reality that a majority of women like to be kissed on a date without being asked(after giving signals)?
I am sure you have checked my links and you have been shocked to find out that you're in the very minority on this matter
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tarantella64 wrote:
No, there is no distinction.
And there you have it, folks. Since you've chosen to completely ignore my asking you to take back your earlier rapey implication, I'm going to assume you still mean it and that I won't be getting an apology. So, thanks for that, tarantella64. Thanks for proving my argument, too, but honestly I'd much rather have had that apology.
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tarantella64 wrote:
Dox, tone down the angry rhetoric and we can talk; otherwise, no. Has nothing to do with argument and everything to do with your tone and approach.
Show me where I'm being angry. Here, I'll make it easier for you:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp6163168.html#6163168
Dox47 wrote:
tarantella64 wrote:
(more to the point, OWS, why are you still trying to argue that this is essentially sexist?
You essentially called him a rapist in another thread. People tend to dislike things like that, and might even hold grudges that color the way they respond to subsequent statements by such an accuser.
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp6163179.html#6163179
Dox47 wrote:
tarantella64 wrote:
Max Temkin's a nice example. He didn't hear no, he thought he was doing a-ok, and he thought all was cool. All was not cool. So now a few million people know him as a guy who sexually assaulted a girl. Will it make a difference in his life? Maybe. Had he asked, though, instead of grabbing, it'd be a different story.
You forgot a few words, such as 'allegedly' or 'was accused of', as in '..as a guy who was accused of sexually assaulting a girl', unless of course you're working off of the guilty until proven innocent kangaroo court model favored by universities and such these days. Seeing as how we don't know what really happened, you also can't really say what would have made a difference, as for all we know he behaved like a perfect gentleman and his accuser is lying for reasons of her own, and reading or misreading body language had nothing to do with anything. You're really trying to shoe-horn this incident into a frame that it doesn't fit, and making a whole lot of assumptions in order to do it, to say nothing of coming very close to actionable slander if someone really felt like pursuing it.
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp6163376.html#6163376
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tarantella64 wrote:
No, I'm pretty sure I didn't "essentially call him a rapist".
Really?
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp6120029.html#6120029
tarantella64 wrote:
Okay, let's see if I've got this straight: Woman is quite firm about the fact that you haven't got some romantic right to guess at what women want sexually and try imposing it on them, and that it's a much better idea to ask permission before touching someone else sexually. This is so outrageous to you that you figure you'd better insult her. Congratulations for convincing me that you've got little enough self-control, and little enough respect for women, that women would be well-advised not to date you or get into elevators with you.
So, tell us how "women would be well advised not to date you or get into elevators with you" is not read as "I think you'd rape someone given the chance. No hurry, I'll wait.
If you'd like, I can also jog your memory with other times you've made similar implications against people who've argued with you, they're not hard to find, and unlike other posters I could mention, I'm perfectly happy to back my claims with evidence.
tarantella64 wrote:
Increasingly amusing, though, the extent of the dug-in fury and accusations of sexism and "you're calling him a rapist" and all the rest about something pretty simple:
Ask before you start touching someone sexually.
Ask before you start touching someone sexually.
I'd put your framing more like "if you don't get explicit verbal permission before engaging in any kind of romantic activity, including flirting, you're a rapist, and feminists will hound you on Twitter".
Besides which, I've only just joined the thread, and I'm taking on very specific points, so spare me the lazy broad brush.
tarantella64 wrote:
It really makes me wonder what exactly you're defending, or worried about.
Are you trying to say something about me, tarantella? Perhaps imply something? Don't be shy, come out with it, I'm sure we'd all love to hear it.
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp6163394.html#6163394
Dox47 wrote:
tarantella64 wrote:
He's got a long blog post of his own about it. I'm not a bit worried about a slander (libel, actually, it's publication) charge.
I view posting on a forum as more akin to a spoken conversation than publishing something, so I use the (to my mind) more appropriate term, slander, though aside from the medium they're fairly interchangeable, unless you're an insufferable pedant of course. I also never said you should be worried about a libel/slander suit, merely that you were getting close to the line that could trigger one, e.g. making a false accusation that damages his reputation without evidence; why do you think his blog post somehow makes it okay to libel him? Then again, you think someone disagreeing with you makes it okay to imply that they are a sexual predator, so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised.
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postp6163623.html#6163623
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tarantella64 wrote:
Sorry, Dox, unless you're willing to have a reasonable conversation, rather than snarling and making wild accusations, we're done talking.
Snarling? Wild accusations? Is that what you call calmly pointing out the holes in your arguments, and then providing citations to prove that you said what you now claim you didn't?
Let me give you some advice; in a written medium, people can easily look at exactly what was said and how it was phrased, and draw their own conclusions. What this means for you, is that you should stop trying to distort what other people say and mischaracterize them, as when they point it out, you've got no escape, the words are right there for everyone to see and know your dishonesty for what it is.
Now you don't even have to track them down yourself, so you don't have any excuse not to point out where I'm snarling, making wild accusations, engaging in angry rhetoric, etc. Unless that's all just a ploy to avoid answering difficult questions of course.
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