annemarie wrote:
> "Peter Douglas Zohrab"  wrote in message

> >  But the only specific reference to inappropriate touching by a
woman was
> > the statement that, "If a woman touches a man on the lower arm, he
will
> > think that she is flirting."
>
> Well in my book a woman touching a man on the lower arm might be
flirting,
> or it might simply be an entirely acceptable way of gaining someones
> attention if they are turned away from you.
> Touching anyone on the bottom, or stroking them, or (I'm sure we can
all
> think of sexually suggestive touching) is sexual harrassement if it
is in a
> work place.  No matter what gender the parties are, that includes of
the
> same or different gender.

I don't totally agree with PDZ, but it is interesting to think about
how much more license a woman has to touch a man in a flirtatious
manner than a man has to make flirtatious advances to a woman.



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