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In reply to the discussion: Someone calling a woman over and complimenting her smile may or may not be inherently creepy per se. [View all]
Squinch
(59,351 posts)37. And that is really interesting, too. I am a woman of the same age.
I was once a very cute little thing. Now I'm not turning any heads, which in general is preferable contrary to popular belief.
But for me, with the fading of my looks, comments like that have become much less creepy and much more welcomed because I can be confident that they are responding to the fact that something about my humanity has struck a chord with them. I can be confident that it is no longer something about "the package" that I am presenting.
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Someone calling a woman over and complimenting her smile may or may not be inherently creepy per se. [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2017
OP
Yes! The newly elected GAY Irish Prime Minister. Which makes it doubly inappropriate.
smirkymonkey
Jun 2017
#42
"Someone calling a woman over and complimenting her smile isn't inherently creepy per se."
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2017
#7
When someone in power does that when the woman is a professional doing her job, it IS
tblue37
Jun 2017
#47
Right, flirty approval is pretty commonplace between men and women, even in professional
Corvo Bianco
Jun 2017
#31
Saying this is creepy only because we have a recording of other terrible things he has said is
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2017
#16
Imagine Pres. Obama doing that! As a woman I know what he meant and can see/feel the sleaziness
Madam45for2923
Jun 2017
#17
Um no , there is no question that it is smarmy/creepy even if it is complementary.
m-lekktor
Jun 2017
#20
He singled out a woman who was in a professional situation with other members of
Squinch
Jun 2017
#23
"essentially, culled from the herd.""reduce her to an object for inspection."
pirateshipdude
Jun 2017
#30
It is comforting to know so many of you DUers aren't OK with singling out women for public oggling.
Corvo Bianco
Jun 2017
#34
And if you called her over while others were watching and she had no ability to
Squinch
Jun 2017
#25
As far as I'm concerned, there's no way to do that respectfully while she's at work.
Iggo
Jun 2017
#28
I was in a lot of service jobs getting through college. There were some regular customers who
Squinch
Jun 2017
#32
It's disrespectful and unprofessional - that's more important than being creepy
HopeAgain
Jun 2017
#26
Trump is a narcissistic sack of $hit. He can't even give his full attention to the phone call.
mnhtnbb
Jun 2017
#38
I get the feeling that Trump had to flaunt his "masculinity" in front of the new Irish PM who
smirkymonkey
Jun 2017
#43
He's all about domination, whether it's a man or a woman. This way, he got himself
smirkymonkey
Jun 2017
#60
he is disgusting. and, as others have pointed out, that reporter is almost an ivanka clone.
niyad
Jun 2017
#44