Can I Buy You A Coffee?

[redqueen]

http://www.theferrett.com/ferrettworks/2012/08/can-i-buy-you-a-coffee/

[Control-Z]

1. Good read.

Thanks!

[UtahLib]

2. Very good demonstration.

Sadly, some will remain stubbornly unconvinced with the assertion that any attention they might deign to bestow upon a female should be considered a high compliment.

[ismnotwasm]

3. Nice.

Analogy sometimes works when nothing else does.

[MadrasT]

4. Nice. The follow up is great, too.

But If I Can't Buy You A Coffee, How Will Our Species Reproduce?

When I wrote my essay about buying coffee as a metaphor for sexual harassment, men started asking: “Well, what do I do if I can’t hit on women? Do you expect me to live my life in a closet, wandering alone through my tie racks forever? Why, if no man ever approached women, our species would go extinct!”

If only I had a nickel for every time I heard that one.

"But but but men are expected to be the pursuers!!! If men stopped doing this nobody would ever hook up!!!"

[ismnotwasm]

5. Because there's just no other way to meet people

Than 'hitting' on them

[Squinch]

7. My favorite line in the followup:

“'A woman showing up in public means that she’s fair game.' Which means she’s not a person, but an antelope in a game preserve."

[Squinch]

6. That is GREAT!

[gollygee]

8. That is great

but I feel cynical and I doubt many people will read it and understand. There's a strong amount of defensiveness about this issue. And a strong sense of entitlement.