Canadian Politics Today

[sarc]Who are you to judge the pain caused by stubbing  your toe? If someone says that they experience recurring nightmares and other PTSD symptoms then you have NO right to dispute. You must accept the self-selected diagnosis and demand punishment for the people responsible.[/sarc]

The stupid thing is our society has gotten to the point were the sarcasm is actually the reality and we get people like you willing to blindly defend the claims of any self-identified victim as long as they belong to one of the anointed victim groups. This needs to stop. With PTSD it could start by dismissing PTSD claims unless there is real and serious trauma which could be the trigger. Without he trauma any psychological issues are likely pre-existing.

PTSD is a medical diagnosis, and I think should remain such.  Therefore, no self-diagnosis.  Other things can be traumatic psychologically, but not PTSD.  That means people will claim "trauma".  I really think it's irrelevant to sexual harassment.  The damage it causes doesn't matter, touching people inappropriately is illegal.  Unwanted verbal sexual advances that continue despite telling the person "no" is also harassment, but one flirty comment that's not horribly inappropriate isn't harassment by law, so if it bothers someone but wasn't wholly inappropriate & not pattern of unwanted comments then ladies gotta grow some skin, because then it's not fair to the fellas.  The whole Weinstein thing really comes down to we as a society and our workplaces finally starting to enforce the law.

Empathy is a 2-way street.  Women have rights, so do men.  Women don't deserve abuse or to be touched unwantedly, men need to be given some reasonable kind of leeway when it comes to speaking to women.

I was taught never to touch a woman sexually unless it was pretty clear she wanted it, which includes both people flirting etc.  I was taught never touch a woman period unless it was socially appropriate (handshake, friendly hug). I've never touched a woman inappropriately in my life, it's not hard to figure out.  When in doubt, err on the side of caution.  I don't even touch women on the shoulder etc unless i'm friends with them.