Hi, thank you so much for this information! Yes I think most Americans know the “air kiss” or double cheek kiss in European countries and that is mostly fine. You are right that it is considered a bit weird to touch someone who is not a friend. Some people don’t here don’t want to be touched at all. I’m from New…

Anyone who’s angrily tried to chop their wipers out of a pile of frozen snow using an ice scraper and curse words knows the answer to this. 😀🍷

As someone who values her Master’s greatly, I totally get what you’re saying. But in this case, the LW has a sister and she keeps saying “It’s her own fault she had a child at 19" or some such thing. This changes the context greatly. Morgan is being horrible, but her age of pregnancy and her child have nothing to do…

What if (as almost always is the case, due to still existing gender roles), the person with the xy chromosome is making the first innocuous attempt of a flirt, only to be reported to HR by his co-worker

Haaa, no there were actually two websites on “etiquette” that were supposed to help Americans follow the social rules there, and also I’ve heard it from female travelers online that men tend to be pretty forward towards women. But that was 5 or so years ago, perhaps things have changed?

Ah, thank you. I was more worried about harassment in Italy and Spain. Indonesia, as I may travel to the rainforest, I am a bit more concerned about viruses and such. I would also LOVE to hear more about Indonesia in general. I’ve never been anywhere near that part of the world. I study civets, and the whole region…

Thank you so much for this!! My husband and I are hoping to visit Indonesia (for Biology research) then perhaps within a year, Finland and parts of Europe. He mentioned Italy and Spain. Not to stereotype, but I’ve heard horror stories about women’s asses being pinched and generally having to accept that my breasts and…

I can’t wait for Creepy Uncle Joe to be in the White House. It will be like Franken never left!

Yeah. The men who have made lewd remarks to me, or snuck up behind me and rubbed my hips at work - you tell them “don’t touch me”, and you may as well kneel down, unzip their pants and give them a blow job right then and there. Because any hint that you’re upset massively turns them on and will lead them to harass you…

Fake news!!

You should be able to hopefully report those incidences. They’re not supposed to treat you differently based on your political views or where you’re from, especially in a group setting. That’s basically a hostile work environment.

Please let me start a Marzipan fan club. 🍵

I’m in Mass, are you sure our state wasn’t simply teleported to the goddamned surface of Pluto? IT’S COLD HERE. Kidding aside, the Sharktivity app allows you to follow the tagged great whites off the coast of Chatham. It’s kind of awesome. They’re on Twitter too. These guys.

That’s not what I said. I said that any politician - indeed, any human being - who suggests that a case of sexual harassment allegations should not be pursued, should always always always underscore the fact that IN GENERAL it is important to address these issues. Instead, he spoke of “real issues”. This is the third…

Read the rest of the article. He said repeatedly that we need to get on with “real” issues. Unless you personally support the harassers, you will agree that he should have underscored the importance of stopping sexual harassment, and that it is, generally speaking, a real issue. His words were careless to the point of…

His exact words were that we “Need to deal with the real issues facing this country”. To state that and to not preface it with any support of harassed women in general is about as low as you can get.

Thank you for writing this. This fits with my future experience perfectly. I expect to meet with some right wing male coworkers who might or might not even say “Hello” before they dig into me about the news. One especially waits until I walk in for my lunch break to say “Hey what do you think about THIS headline”. I…

I’m going to ask that it be put on our US dollar bills.

Also Guardian UK reported that Doug Jones does not want sexual harassment addressed and that it’s a “distraction”. I hope Jezebel reports on this soon. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/17/doug-jones-democrat-roy-moore-donald-trump

Cheers. There are 2 things I tell people about this (if they’re willing to listen). One, imagine how many people Franken may have pushed out of their careers due to his harassment. Sure he may have “only” said rude things to some women, but how would they know what to expect next? These things escalate. Two, look up…