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‘It’s tough for me to know where the line is’: The #MeToo era is making dating more confusing
Washington Post ^ | February 13, 2018 | Lisa Bonos

Posted on 02/14/2018 2:08:30 AM PST by C19fan

Over the summer, Geoffrey Knight is in bed with a woman he is dating. He puts his hand on her breast, and she swats it away. “You need to ask before you touch me,” he recalls her saying. Knight apologizes, saying he had assumed it was okay because they had just had sex. “You should never make that assumption,” she retorts. Flash-forward a few months, and Knight, a 25-year-old Washingtonian, is sleeping with someone new. He is asking “Can I touch you here?” “Can I do this?” every step of the way, and his partner wants to know what is with all the questions. She prefers a more proactive approach.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: dating; metoo
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To: C19fan

Dear Ladies

As you sit at home with your friend wondering why you haven’t had a date in nearly a month, please remember that shouting “Me Too” got you here


61 posted on 02/14/2018 4:59:41 AM PST by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

But he’s running the bases backwards!


62 posted on 02/14/2018 5:04:35 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Ask a lib if Alger Hiss colluded with the Russians.)
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To: 21twelve
"Well - this happened after they had already had sex. So rarely I suppose!"

Right after having sex seems to be the time when no more touching is allowed. Of course there's the no touching allowed time before sex too.

63 posted on 02/14/2018 5:11:23 AM PST by fulltlt
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To: Vermont Lt
The Me Too BS isn’t about dating. It’s about doing stupid shit at work.

Respectfully, the #MeToo movement is all about subverting men, especially SUCCESSFUL men / men when they become successful by throwing out the allegation that they've sexually abused a woman at some point in their life.

Whether or not the allegation is true is irrelevant. It's about "sending a message" that women now have the power to destroy all men, any man they don't like / any man that becomes successful by simply throwing out an allegation of sexual abuse/sexual misconduct.

So NO, it's not about just the work environment. It's about destroying men and women trying to seize power.

BTW, I was married for almost 30 years to a woman who was sexually abused as a child. The damage it does to them is irreversible. It messes up their entire lives. I know, been there, done that, dealt with the fallout. I was also very supportive of the #MeToo movement when it first started because I'm very aware of just how many women are sexually abused at some point in their life. It's tragic, really to know that between 25% - 30% of women have been sexually abused, typically before the age of 15. Chances are you know a woman or two who's been sexually abused and has never talked about it because they're so full of shame.

But now? The #MeToo movement has been corrupted by a bunch of feminists hell bent on using whatever tools and whatever means necessary to denigrate, demean and destroy men's lives. The simple allegation is now enough to destroy a man's life. And that's just wrong.

The #MeToo movement is in the beginning stages of getting the backlash it now rightfully deserves by allowing itself to become a weapon to simply destroy the American male and more specifically, a SUCCESSFUL American male.

Those who've really been sexually abused either need to reclaim the movement and out the liars/fakers from their movement or they're going to be relegated back into the closet of shame to suffer their abuse again, and again, and again like they have for years. Tragic, really.

64 posted on 02/14/2018 5:12:15 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Caipirabob
Honestly, if I had waited and just gotten married, and the woman acted like Booty-Call #1, I'd file for divorce immediately.

Any woman who acts like Booty-Call #1 isn't marriage material in the first place.

65 posted on 02/14/2018 5:14:13 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: IrishBrigade
"not too many, hopefully...else the divorce courts would be overloaded..."

probably happens more than most would be willing to admit.

66 posted on 02/14/2018 5:14:35 AM PST by fulltlt
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To: wastoute

Someone will soon give the woman in this story
a gift that will finally satisfy her needs.


67 posted on 02/14/2018 5:14:52 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: McGavin999
Dear Ladies, As you sit at home with your friend wondering why you haven’t had a date in nearly a month, please remember that shouting “Me Too” got you here.

As a 55 year old divorced man out in the dating world again, I can tell you FACTUALLY women already know this. If dating at my age wasn't difficult enough already, the feminists tha that have hijacked the #MeToo movement throwing the allegation out literally as a weapon to destroy a man have made this whole dating thing exponentially more difficult.

68 posted on 02/14/2018 5:18:46 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: fulltlt

“”He puts his hand on her breast, and she swats it away.”

How many married guys does this happen to? “

The fact that at my age I still have interest to do that makes my wife a happy camper.

So for men, here is my suggestion. Farmersonly.com Learn to be good country folk and meet a real woman who will be smart, beautiful and doesn’t wear a pu$$y hat.


69 posted on 02/14/2018 5:21:39 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Death of the MSM - "Because it is my show and I don't want to do that." Jake Tapper)
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To: C19fan

Russia, Russia, Russia, racist, racist, racist, sexist, sexist, sexist.

Politics ruins everything.


70 posted on 02/14/2018 5:30:21 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Socon-Econ

George cheated on his wife, and Ben Franklin was way worse.


71 posted on 02/14/2018 5:51:18 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: C19fan; All

Would this be considered to forward?

72 posted on 02/14/2018 5:53:28 AM PST by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: C19fan

Hey guys, this makes it easier for you.

Act like you don’t care.

It makes women crazy and they will initiate.


73 posted on 02/14/2018 6:29:51 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: C19fan

Life and love was much more beautiful 50 years ago. We were blessed.


74 posted on 02/14/2018 6:46:12 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: C19fan

This is what happens when you sleep around with people you don’t know well and have no established relationship with. Stop whining about it.


75 posted on 02/14/2018 8:48:18 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: kearnyirish2

Oh ok...I see, however the other group also exists.


76 posted on 02/14/2018 9:40:40 AM PST by Ambrosia
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To: spintreebob

I think that was my point....however, if you never warn young people or point out that ‘all are not the same’, some will act too hastily... for love is blind.


77 posted on 02/14/2018 9:43:02 AM PST by Ambrosia
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To: wastoute

Your son is better safe than sorry; I would never push someone to get married/have children. People simply have to understand there are very real consequences to these decisions; our government will continually import populations to replace these missing generations of children, and the demographic issue is not racial alone; many whites are being raised in matriarchal societies now (including many children of single mothers), and many are all more likely to vote Dem down the road.

The “cat ladies” will go the way of the dodo (along with their politics), and all we’ll have to remember them will be pet cemeteries and urns of pet remains. The future belongs to those who will breed to pass it on.


78 posted on 02/15/2018 2:08:29 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Ambrosia

Yes, years ago I knew a guy with a mail-order bride, and it was sad as the five-year wedding anniversary approached; they both knew it would end at that point, and I believe he wanted to stay married while she wanted to move on as an “American”. No children, just five years of “indentured servitude” for her so she wouldn’t have to return to Ukraine...


79 posted on 02/15/2018 2:10:57 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

I know someone married to a Ukraine woman, and has been for decades...so some marriages are out of love, and last. Others are for citizenship.

I think it best to let God find a person a spouse...everything we think we know about life isn’t enough for such a big investment of life. People deceive either intentionally or with promises that are never kept, infidelity, among other things. Also, we can be our own worst enemies when it comes to life decisions.

I’m not criticizing any relationships made by those from other countries, our military has found some great marriages by marrying abroad over the years. The mail order bride thing is a bit unstable in my overview.


80 posted on 02/15/2018 3:20:34 AM PST by Ambrosia
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