Can you imagine? Nowadays he would have been arrested for sexual assault.
#MeToo
A quote from another article:
After the kiss in Times Square, the pair didn’t meet again until their identities were proven. They reunited in Times Square in 2012 to recreate the famous moment.
In recent years, bloggers and others critics have tried to use the VJ Day kiss as an example of sexual harassment or sexual assault, a stance Mendonsa and Friedman adamantly opposed.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/03/08/kissing-sailor-in-iconic-photo-turns-95/
It’s caused by the one’s who can’t get a kiss.