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merhawkMy body is not public domain. The book I am reading is not public domain. I could have had a very pleasant conversation with the woman in her 50's or 60's who stopped to look at my book and talk with me about Comic-Con.
I could have if she didn't start off by touching my shoulder and then next lift part of my book up to see what I was reading.
No.
Not acceptable.
Ever.
Respect personal space, and don't touch people you don't know - and sometimes even people you do. And don't fiddle with something people are reading if you don't know them well. It's not rocket science, people.
At least she seemed contrite when she walked off.
I could have if she didn't start off by touching my shoulder and then next lift part of my book up to see what I was reading.
No.
Not acceptable.
Ever.
Respect personal space, and don't touch people you don't know - and sometimes even people you do. And don't fiddle with something people are reading if you don't know them well. It's not rocket science, people.
At least she seemed contrite when she walked off.
pregnant mom bellies are public domain
Date: 2009-08-12 05:36 pm (UTC)Re: pregnant mom bellies are public domain
Date: 2009-08-12 06:03 pm (UTC)I cry Bullshit. It's not your body, you need permission to touch if it's not a medical emergency. Period. No exceptions.
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Date: 2009-08-12 07:35 pm (UTC)That just vicariously pissed me off. NO TOUCHING!
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Date: 2009-08-13 06:43 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-08-13 06:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-08-13 06:42 am (UTC)Because we're sweet, and kind, and are just overwrought if they mind others being too familiar with them.
And, no, she was very much from the US. Not foreign in any way, shape, or form. Kinda reminded me, body type & looks, of my mother, in fact.
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Date: 2009-08-13 06:48 am (UTC)It's always odd to me to find that other people have such wildly different experiences, especially when these weird things happen to them on a semi-routine basis and I find the behavior almost unimaginable.
Sure, I've been touched before without welcoming the stranger touching me, but it is rare. I've never had someone do something as freaky as actually lifting my book to see what I was reading; that's seem way over the line. But typically even the touch would have garnered a withering glare that makes most people back off (c.f. physically intimidating).
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Date: 2009-08-13 06:54 am (UTC)And it's been wondered why I have such disdain for most people.
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Date: 2009-08-15 11:32 pm (UTC)Lifting up the book -- classmates, yes. Total strangers, no.
One thing that confuses the issue is that at a con, everybody might suddenly start to look like an intimate friend even if you don't know them from Adam. At least, so I'm told, I've never experienced it myself.
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Date: 2009-08-15 11:36 pm (UTC)SDCC has been over for weeks. I'm currently at home, being molested locally.
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Date: 2009-08-16 12:19 am (UTC)In that case, no ambiguity whatsoever, no.