I am going to get in trouble over this post but the devil is making me go it.

This harassment thing has gone about far enough.  I read this morning where Garrison was fired because he touched a woman’s bare back during a hug.  He apologized but that apparently wasnt enough.  Question.  Why was her back bare?  If she was that incensed about him touching why was she in a situation where this incident could happen.  If you go to the swimming hole in a string bikini, expecting not to be looked at, then sister you are too damn dumb to be out by yourself.  Unless, per chance that was what you knew would happen and possibly wanted to happen.  I know, it is not right or allowable for a woman to be harassed just because she wore a certain garment.  Wearing a bikini does not give anyone the green light for anything other that looking.  A look does not include a leer, an ogle, or the inclusion of any comments about the woman in the swimsuit.

For quite some time I have shied away from hugging or allowing myself to be hugged.  I think it had become an insincere method of greeting a fellow human being.  It is practiced at church and almost all other meeting places.  I dont care for it and refuse for the most part in taking part in the procedure.  Just tell me hello and that you are glad to see me, and let that be it.    That will also remove the possibility of a bare back be touched.

I understand that women in general have been held back from their true potential in a business world that is predominately run by men.  Sorry it has happened , may even be guilty of the same thing on occasion.  I am trying to do better but am really no longer in that phase of the business world.  But if the ladies who are suing these business men over a touch of a bare back think this is going to help, they are probably mistaken.  in the atmosphere that has evolved women are going to be held back even further.  By design or by accident these incidents are going to make certain individuals have a second thought before hiring women.  Hiring a “good looking woman” has become a dangerous thing to do.  Think this concept is not going to happen.  You are mistaken.

I am not sure what the answer is to this problem but I just dont think the slash and burn method is going to work except to make things worse for the nicer segment of our society.  The female segment is who I refer to.

G