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MineralMan

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13. Yup. Women face more frequent sexual assaults and harassment

Reply to rainin (Reply #12)

Fri Nov 17, 2017, 01:40 PM

Nov 2017

on average than men do. It's more serious harassment, too. That is not to say that men are never sexually abused. It is simply to say that it happens far less frequently to men. My examples are not of harassment at all. I have never experienced the kind of abuse that my wife and other women have described to me.

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A complete list of all the times I've experienced unwanted sexual attention as a male: [View all] MineralMan Nov 2017 OP

Your List Is 2 Longer Than Mine ProfessorGAC Nov 2017 #1

Female I have only one treestar Nov 2017 #2

Everyone has a different history. MineralMan Nov 2017 #3

There is such a thing as females sexually harassing males Bradshaw3 Nov 2017 #4

Of course there is such a thing. MineralMan Nov 2017 #5

You seem to not be following your own advice Bradshaw3 Nov 2017 #10

I didn't get that he was saying female sexual harassment wasn't an issue Merlot Nov 2017 #11

I can remember experiencing considerably more unc70 Nov 2017 #6

Yes. We all have different stories. MineralMan Nov 2017 #7

A weird hug. DetlefK Nov 2017 #8

as a male working in Los Angeles... Javaman Nov 2017 #9

My list as a female rainin Nov 2017 #12

Yup. Women face more frequent sexual assaults and harassment MineralMan Nov 2017 #13