waveman comments on How to deal with someone in a LessWrong meeting being creepy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: waveman 08 September 2012 01:31:47AM 4 points [-]

The only explanation for this is that it is acceptable for women to initiate physical contact without prior contact by the other party. This is an unconscious double standard.

Comment author: eurg 08 September 2012 06:54:05PM 5 points [-]

In many social groups touching initiated from women is often received just as bad as from men, and fairly so. I am sure there are lots of groups with this specific double standard, but it is not universal, not by a large margin.

Also, "only explanation": Really?