It's not a problem to me because I don't see the original scenario as harassment. Something I wouldn't like, sure, but I've never been able to believe I had the right to never have anything happen to me that I don't want. For example, I don't think a person asking a question in a public Internet forum could ever be a…

Sorry you took it this way. I'm by no means trying to say that no woman gets treated like this. As a matter of fact, I've been surprised by the responses I've received so far, and it would seem that this happens to a lot more women than I would have guessed (if the number of responses with respect to the time my OP…

It is invasive. It is definitely invasive. Where my logic takes me is basically that no one has the right to insist that they never be treated invasively. You're also right in that any given guy can't know whether a woman wants to be comlpimented, but I can't go from "I don't know if she does," to "so I shouldn't." I…

Women: please reply to this post with how many times a week you get propositioned. I've talked to a lot of women, and I've never had one say this srort of thing happens more than once a week. I seek understanding, because right now this seems like a solution to a non-existant problem.