Thank you. That is an appropriate response.

That’s what she means. The possessive arm around when people are in public. I understand her because I’ve dated people like that. And their heavy arm leaning on me is so impolite and suffocating. It’s not the same as a cute embrace, and what she means is that many times girls stay quiet and put up with it even if we…

She’s not saying not to do it. It’s just that some guys lean in on the girl. I’ve felt the difference between arm around me when we’re watching TV, to almost leaning on me, like MINE. Especially at parties or bars. And it’s heavy. It feels possessive. It’s not the same cuddly arm around me when we’re at home watching…

I hate both SO MUCH. I do feel controlled and it’s a gesture of ownership. It suffocates me. My dad always did the hand between neck and shoulders when I was a kid. I hated it and he never gave a shit. To this day I hate that, and I hate the heavy arm around me. Take my hand, that’s cute. But slinging his arm around…

Ha, I don’t know about that, but your sense of humor certainly helps!

So much UGH. The work touch is AWFUL. It is always men touching women and never the other way around. In my experience (corporate America where very few women hold power positions), it is almost always used to try to control people. I shut that shit down fast.

I had a guy steal my conference room at work once. I told him, “Hey, I have that booked, sorry, but I need to get in there to take a call!” He came out without saying anything and tried to put his hand on the small of my back to guide me to his office where he said I could use his VC equipment. I stepped away from him…

It’s so condescending. That gesture speaks volumes, and I’ve definitely told men to get their hands off of me when they’ve done it.

My cousin’s married to an Englishman & lives in England. It is adorable to me that he defies convention and is both physically demonstrative and refers to her exclusively as either, “My loveliness” or “Darling.”

So, basically, what I’m getting from this is that my weird hangups about physical contact make me good boyfriend material.

Total fucking strangers sometimes do that when they’re trying to pass you in a bar. Or place a hand on your waist. Don’t fucking touch me! Say excuse me and keep your hands to yourself, asshole.

I god I once asked a straight friend in college why guys put their arms around their girlfriends in public and his response was, “to show other guys that she’s taken.”

That’s when I employ the “cup his balls” maneuver.

You know what really grinds my gears? (Since everyone is dying to know.)

Reading Mirren’s quote reminded me of something I saw a few months ago. I saw a teenage girl and boy I know who are dating at the nail salon. She was getting her fingernails done by the tech. He was sitting like right next to her almost crowding her. It was so weird how he seemed to be “staking” his claim on her even…

It makes sense that it is a sign of ownership/territory. First do you ever see a woman doing that? No, it would be remarkable to see a woman with her arm wrapped around a guy like that.

It is a controlling pose, and not the same as swapping saliva.

The problem is Bobby is a male (like I am) and hasn’t considered it from…

I kind of agree with Dame Helen on this one. While PDAs aren’t always possessive, I often find them to be possessive when people start that shit with me. Regardless of the gender of the person in question. It feels like they’re trying to broadcast “this one is mine” to other people. Especially if they seem to do it…

First they came for our shoulders, and I did not speak out—

None of these packages include cigarettes. These packages are heresy.

I want the “morning after” package to come with a service where they hand you all the goodies, and then you hand them a sealed letter you wrote to yourself about the shameful monster you are.