I'm an incredibly friendly, affectionate person who loves physical contact. My friends and I hug, hold hands, kiss hello/goodbye (mostly on the cheek), are generally just very close and comfortable. Still, heaven help the stranger who lays an unwanted hand (or lips) on any of us. Get a little too familiar too…

And grabbing onto their hands trying to pull them closer. If it were on a street late at night, I think a lot of groin kicking, pepper spray in the face would be happening, but because it's in a hallway in broad daylight, filled with other people somehow it becomes more complicated, and it shouldn't be complicated at…

Even when the women back away and plead, nicely, to be left alone, they pursue them and insist on doing what they want. Note, though, that when one douche tries to pick up the one guy, the guy says "no", and he immediately backs off.

Oh the nervous laugh, because you don't want to make a scene right? As much as I sit here and watch these videos and think of all the stuff I would say to these guys about how totally inappropriate this is, I would probably be so shocked and weirded out that the only thing that would come out of me would be a nervous…

Ugh, I have the emotional patience of the Hulk when it comes to this stuff. I used to get this kind of 'cute' attention (aka unsolicited physical touching) a lot when I was a young thing - and several men walked away either deafened by my string of expletives, or minus a handful of hair, or carrying a punch to their…

This is the problem with the whole nervous laughter thing most girls do. It's more 'feminine' I guess than 'being a bitch', but it is not as effective as expressing discomfort than 'get away NOW' which is what most guys would do if they felt uncomfortable.

How to react.

All the negative signs are there in the footage they DO show — there are women who are backing away from them! They might be smiling/laughing, but they are quite clearly saying STOP, DON'T TOUCH ME and all the while these clueless idiots are chasing after them. Bros, staaaahhhhp.

I would love for the footage to get leaked by their cameraman of the girls reacting negatively. Because you know it happened, but they didn't show the girls who yelled a variance of "The fuck is wrong with you?" which is what I imagine my first reaction to be.

I may have an explanation for the Utah thing. Mormon culture tends not to emphasize lavish ceremonies (most do it quietly inside a temple, at no cost [but the tithe you must pay to be eligible]), and a lot of the receptions are held inside totally average "cultural halls" (gyms) of church meeting houses, perhaps…

How about a little context: As a former mormon, I think it should be understood that mormon weddings are very different occasions from typical american weddings, more like open-house receptions with some cake and punch where everyone from church is invited; family size is pretty much irrelevant. The actual wedding…

I'm guessing this applies to the reception, as Mormon Weddings are fairly private inside a Temple, with only the closest Mormon relatives (parents) there to witness.

Exmormon checking in.

As someone who lives in Utah, and as a 23-year-old, attending a ton of weddings these last two years, I'd like to point out a small flaw in this... In Utah, any LDS "weddings" are only attendable by the direct family who has a temple recommend. The reception though, which is what I'm assuming people in are calling…

Yeah, this doesn't make much sense. Mormon marriages are part of a Temple ceremony and the rooms they're performed in don't accommodate more than like 40 people, so it's traditional to only invite family and close friends. I think the 200+ is who comes to the reception.

While the number of guests is high at Utah weddings, it might be helpful to note that the majority of these weddings are held in the temple and receptions are often picnic-like and include no alcohol or formal seated meal. I have been to more than a few Mormon wedding receptions where the only food provided was…

Utah's wedding size isn't quite accurate. Mormon's get married in a temple where few actually attend the service. The large reception usually at a church afterwards is more of a walk through meet and greet for friends, family and church members with no full meal, drink service, no DJs or dancing and very few…

The headline is misleading to me. Mormons only "do it big" because their entire ward (congregation to non Mormons) plus several people in neighboring wards come to their very modest receptions. Only the witnesses, betrothed, and the elder/bishop performing the ceremony is at the actual wedding. In my many, many years…