tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post8343880436654520252..comments2023-11-05T04:21:08.093-08:00Comments on I Was Just Thinking: I've got a quick question for you all...littlemissattitudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826943351455750612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post-34815368089884026662012-11-19T11:11:25.186-08:002012-11-19T11:11:25.186-08:00Thanks for reading and commenting LadyLazarus.
Yo...Thanks for reading and commenting LadyLazarus.<br /><br />You are completely correct about not knowing about individuals' (and not just women's, but men's as well) life experiences have been and what that might make them feel about phyiscal contact of any kind in general, and about hugging in particular.littlemissattitudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826943351455750612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post-40168863619355733362012-11-18T08:42:41.479-08:002012-11-18T08:42:41.479-08:00I agree with you. For one thing, people have very ...I agree with you. For one thing, people have very different comfort zones and you never know what has happened in their lives. I like random hugs when I'm in the right mood, but sometimes I'll freak the hell out. It's ridiculous, the way people assume women are supposed to magically distinguish between threatening and non-threatening touch in public areas. It's also very infantilising and insulting, the 'you just need a hug' mentality. ...A sign that legitimizes random physical contact is just awful IMHOLadyLazarushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643308418695534009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post-53588392235850088152012-11-16T22:36:03.837-08:002012-11-16T22:36:03.837-08:00I don't believe I've ever seen anyone with...I don't believe I've ever seen anyone with a sign like that. But if I did, I'd likely run the other way as fast as I could.<br /><br />I'm with you in not understanding why someone would want to hug someone they don't know.<br /><br />missattitudelittlemissattitudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826943351455750612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post-9518883511056902842012-11-16T06:50:07.024-08:002012-11-16T06:50:07.024-08:00I have some of the same issues about the people wi...I have some of the same issues about the people with "Free Hugs" signs. I find it creepy and disturbing that someone I don't know wants to not only touch me, but touch me in a way that I consider fairly intimate. On the other hand, at least they let people come to them...<br /><br />(beautysmuse from Rav)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post-48580294166966367272012-11-15T12:41:53.771-08:002012-11-15T12:41:53.771-08:00That's my feeling, as well.
Thanks for readin...That's my feeling, as well.<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting.littlemissattitudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826943351455750612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post-8512881293584409202012-11-15T05:47:38.494-08:002012-11-15T05:47:38.494-08:00I lost my shit regularly on strangers who tried to...I lost my shit regularly on strangers who tried to rub my belly on public transportation when I was pregnant. Don't know you, never asked you to put your hands on my body. Think of the disturbance that WWII photo of the sailor kissing the nurse is now making, with respect to her clenched fist and lack of response. It is NOT COOL to actively touch someone in the ways we're talking about without their consent.Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00257380276392422565noreply@blogger.com