Has the #MeToo movement become a witch-hunt to a significant degree?

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F_Marturana said:
I believe this. My aunt was born in 1940. She died in 2010. Just a few years before her death she revealed to my mom she had been raped in 1956.

When I learned this, I understood my aunt so much better. She had undiagnosed PTSD. My heart breaks for her.
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I recently learned more about the scope of some intergenerational incest in my extended family. Similarly, it explains a LOT about one particular older female relative who often seemed weirdly anxious, and it also explained why several of my cousins were such a mess–their struggles in adulthood were consistent with what I eventually learned was their history of molestation by the patriarch of the family.
 
You are pulling general information that isn’t applicable to my state.

I quoted you specific information for my state.
 
That describes my aunt, overly anxious. Very puritanical about sexuality.
 
Edmundus1581 said:
This “following” seems weird. As a man I just don’t get it, except for maybe a very small percentage of mentally ill men. Normal men have other business to attend to than following women around.
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I have been followed around at least once by a guy who was trying to chat me up as a college student in downtown LA back in the 90s–and yeah, he was following me and trying to get my attention.

It didn’t intimidate me at the time because a) he was a little guy b) it was broad daylight and c) it was my only experience of the sort BUT had he been any bigger, had it been after dark, or had I had more experiences of the kind, it would have been scary. At the time it was just a flattering novelty.
 
ConstantLearner said:
It doesn’t matter if you were harmed or not. Grabbing someone without their consent is considered an assault and battery under the law. Any police person who is on the up-and-up would recognize it as such. And, if the police decline to file a charge, you can do so, but you have to know the person’s name, and if it goes to a trial, and the person is found not guilty, he can sue you for false arrest, not the police.
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Wow, that sounds totally worth the effort.
 
Well good for you! You can play Internet lawyer!

🏆🗂️:man_judge:t2:
 
Elf01 said:
@F_Marturana may not be from the US.
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Yes, I wondered that, but one would have assumed she would have said, “I’m not living in the US,” rather than “Assault is not illegal in my state” (paraphrased, see her post for the exact words.).

Assault is illegal in EVERY state, from simple assault, which can consist of words only to felonious assault, assault with a deadly weapon, etc. Granted, the sentences vary, but even simple assault is generally punishable by imprisonment of six months to one year.

Perhaps the man’s actions created no fear in her. Then it is not assault. Harm does not have to result, only fear of imminent harm. I would think a strange man grabbing a person would create fear of imminent harm. If it did, then it was a simple assault and battery (battery simply means physical contact was made, no actual harm need occur).
 
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I NEVER said assault was not legal in my state. I said that what happened to me was not assault.

You’ve taken it upon yourself to prove me wrong.

Enjoy yourself. :woman_shrugging:t2:
 
F_Marturana said:
I NEVER said assault was not legal in my state. I said that what happened to me was not assault.
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Okay, it created no fear in you. Thanks for clearing that up. No fear, no assault. No battery.

I don’t see the point then. At least in this thread.
 
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You must have, since you’ve spent a number of posts responding to me.

I posted the relevant law for my state. You want to play, “The internet unaffordable lawyer”. Enjoy yourself.
 
I have a bonus MeToo anecdote (although it’s actually a HerToo).

My parents once had a very pretty sales girl. From when I worked at the store, I was familiar with the fact that male shoppers often hang around chatting–solo travel can be lonely. Again, it was a pleasant novelty at the time, because it didn’t happen much, as being of at best average appearance, I have never had men falling all over me. However, my parents’ employee was quite a bit prettier than that, and although it was no doubt very good for sales from solitary male tourists, it could get out of hand, and when they were out of town, my parents made a point of hiring her boyfriend to do some work outside, just in case. (This is a sparsely-populated area near a National Park, 20 minutes from the nearest police, should they choose to come right away.)

Anyway, at some point, there was a transient guy who was apparently living in the woods who took a shine to the pretty employee. I forget all the details (it was quite the saga and got creepier and creepier), but eventually there was an altercation involving the employee’s boyfriend telling him to leave, and ending with the transient threatening to burn my parents’ store down in front of three witnesses (employee, boyfriend and some other guy).

!!!

That was prosecuted and the transient guy got the lightest sentence you can imagine for threats of arson. Fortunately, he didn’t come back. But–bear in mind that the police and the fire department was 20 minutes away under ideal circumstances.
 
HarryStotle said:
If you expect all men to take up the feminist cause, a la Justin Trudeau, expect blowback – and I mean that seriously. Real men won’t sit back and be told who and what they will be by women, just because women want them that way. Ain’t gonna happen.
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As much as I resist being labeled with the term “feminist” because I don’t identify as a feminist, I will defend the “cause” on this one occasion. What you describe is not feminism. It never was.

And I’m leaving this conversation now because frankly, it is not healthy to continue to be exposed to this level of ignorance, intolerance, and prejudice.
 
You resist being labeled as a feminist yet you sound like one what with calling other posters ignorant, intolerant, and prejudiced. You know what they say about it quacking like a duck.
 
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How isn t a stranger grabbing your arm in the street accompanied by unasked for suggestions something not dangerous and not worth reporting?
There is a chance the Police may change their driving circuit for a while to be there at about a certain time if this is a .pattern.
Make themselves be seem.
They have helped our community with sth like this here abroad. It wasn t too much to ask for.
You may just want to ask for that and keep record that you asked for it .Take sb with you
 
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ConstantLearner said:
It’s applicable in ALL 50 states.
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LOL. My state does not even have assault and battery as a crime. I am afraid you are mistaken. The law for assaults of all flavors, including sexual assault are set by each state legislature. There is no such thing as a state law applicable in all 50 states, and very few assaults are federal crimes.
 
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