That comment was above your reading comprehension level, huh.
truth! I live in France and they are craaaazyyyyy. Like there is no ‘age of consent’ so a 28 yo lately got away with rapind an 11 yo because ‘she consented’. She WHATTTT? that’s a child !!!!
IKR??? No one is complaining about men being “gentlemanly.”
Also, what if I want to show up to my job and, oh, I don’t know, maybe... DO WORK instead of being “persistently, cack-handedly seduced?”
I’m of French descent, with many French exes, an an estranged French husband, and can confidently say this is largely cultural. “Seduction” is the norm, and any cry against it should be silenced. I’ve been told multiple times that if I allow myself to become cold to these kinds of advances, I will end up bitter and…
Pepe LePew kinda had to be French, you know?
This. What part of whipping out your dick and jerking off in front of an unsuspecting woman is “seduction”? This whole letter put a big dent in that whole “the French are skilled in the art of lovemaking” meme.
I’m not a “poor little thing” because I don’t want to be harassed. I’m not objecting to it because I’m not strong enough to endure it, I’m objecting to it because it’s bullshit that I shouldn’t have to be subjected to.
Ah, yes, the seductive call of the wolf-whistler whispering his “hey baby, nice tits” at the ladies who walk by and the subway Casanova pinching the goods as one would a melon being considered for purchase. Ah, such is love, such is seduction!
Maybe they need to be reminded how the Maginot Line was penetrated without their consent.
In which France, having spent decades tut-tutting Americans for being sexual Puritans, experiences the cognitive dissonance that comes with being confronted by the fact that its culture of “seduction” almost always is accompanied by hefty doses of power imbalances.
There are always Serena Joys willing to throw other women under the bus for their place in the patriarchy. Nothing’s changed. Cool girls abound.
“Cack-handedly?”
No one has a problem with sex and seduction, IN THE PROPER CONTEXT. What part of DON’T DO IT AT WORK is so fucking hard to understand? And if you are trying to seduce a woman and she’s giving you clues like “NO” and “PLEASE DON’T” you know, maybe you suck at it.
That’s what sexually aggressive men needed: Women defending them.
What’s more romantic than watching your boss jerk off into a plant??? American women JUST DON’T GET IT!
Yup. France. Bastion of moral upstandingness. Place that has a special word for gang rape because it happens so frequently (tournante). President is the victim of a predator that they idolize cuz she has a good wig, they have a special word for gang rape because it happens so much, and the last rape case I remember a…
It’s really not that difficult to understand and define.
When I first saw the headline I panicked because I thought she was dead. Then I was momentarily happy she wasn’t dead. Then I read the rest of the headline and article and kinda wished it was the first thing.