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In a society where even simple measures of flirtation are now penalized and outlawed, it becomes difficult to understand how young people are meant to find romance in natural, real life settings, as men and women have done successfully for centuries before. | In a society where even simple measures of flirtation are now penalized and outlawed, it becomes difficult to understand how young people are meant to find romance in natural, real life settings, as men and women have done successfully for centuries before. | ||
The | It seems evident that we are moving towards a more puritanical and sanitized version of gender interactions than any previous generation in recent history. The fear of sexual advances and assumption that any sexual advance ought to be punished as "harassment" correlates with the increase in celibacy for both genders. | ||
It also seems apparent that as the goalposts for what is or isn't "harassment" continue to shift, there will be more and more room as time goes on to retroactively re-designate previously acceptable behaviors as "abuse". | |||
<span style="font-size:125%>'''Data:'''</span> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! rowspan="2" style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | Women Who Say Behavior is | |||
"Usually or Always Harassment": | |||
! colspan="2" style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | Women's Age | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 18-24 | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 55+ | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | WInking | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 28% | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 6% | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | Whistling | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 64% | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 15% | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | Touching Lower Back | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 48% | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 29% | |||
|- | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | Commenting on Attractiveness | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 28% | |||
| style="font-size:100%; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif !important;;" | 11% | |||
|} | |||
<span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | ||