“His target was taken by complete surprise and was reportedly not flattered by the gesture.”
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In those days she would have called him a “jerk” or an “idiot” and that would be that.
Now it would be world wide news,calling it a sexual assault.
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And such a romantic headlock too.
There was a cartoon in Saturday Evening Post later that month:
A discharged soldier in uniform wolf whistles every pretty girl he passes. Each time the girl turns and smiles at him.
Then he walks into a tailor shop and emerges wearing a new civilian suit. He sees a girl and whistles at her.
She slaps him hard in the teeth.