So this has seemed to spark a lot of controversy on facebook and at work lately.

A mutual friend posted this on facebook:


My roommate took great offense to it. Her argument was that no matter what a woman looks like it's never OK to slap her on the rear. She went back and forth with this guy on FB until he blocked her.

A coworker said that she wishes the sign on the wall would have included the inverse of the statement as well...that the more you act like a gentleman, the more she'll act like a lady.

When I saw the quote I just agreed with it and didn't see much of an issue. Anything encouraging our kids to act like little ladies and gentlemen is a good thing IMO.

There will always be dumbarses out there who will take any opportunity to get a grab in when they can. You can't get all fluffed up any time someone says or does something stupid. But if you dress appropriately and act responsibly, the number of jackwagons giving you a hard time will significantly decrease.

my wife has been saying that for years.

I'm gonna go with she is asking for it.

One need only look at the treatment of women in countries where they are covered head to toe to know that the thought process involved in abusing women isn't about what they are wearing.

Not any middle schooler cares about acting like a "lady" or "gentleman". There probably aren't too many that could even define those words. The statement does put all the responsibility on the girl, and excuses poor behavior from boys...cause she was asking for it.

They should put something more like.
Hey don't bully a classmate, and you may not get shot.

Although I don't really see anything wrong with this, it could say .. If you don't respect yourself nobody will.

I would just like to go on record that I support women at the club wearing very little.

This was being talked about on the radio this morning, and I think most of the controversary is from the quoted author, who is a well known madame or lady of night.

It goes both ways. I teach my sons, the same thing that my dad tuaght me. That girls are someones sister, someones duaghter, someones future wife. That changed my perspective as a young man and I landed my dream wife years later. Thanks Dad, I miss u.

Doesn't mater how the female acts. We should be above it and be a Gentleman at all times.

Correct and that signage is akin to victim blaming.

Just saying... It is.

Pointing out that there is a higher chance of X happening if you do/wear/go to Y is not victim blaming. You�re roommate is taking the �victim blaming� position. It happens frequently on social media.

Of course it�s not OK to grab a lady�s butt without consent. If you wear a dress where your butt hangs out and go to a club, there is a higher chance of that happening, though, than if you wear a knee-length dress to church Sunday morning. That�s just reality. That�s not victim blaming, that�s not absolving the butt grabber of his part, that�s just pointing out that some things are more likely to happen around certain people or certain situations.

So many people can�t see the obvious or just love to get outraged by everything.

This was addressed in the 1988 movie "The Accused", with Jodie Foster.

Nobody ever deserves to be robbed. It's inexcusable. That said, it's a bad idea to go walking through East St. Louis at 2am wearing a bunch of gold jewelry.